Different day, same illegal parking

It's been two weeks since September 20, when I observed several cars parked on the sidewalk in front of a strip mall occupied by a municipal agency and a not-for-profit on Richmond Terrace between Stuyvesant Place and Hamilton Avenue in St. George, Staten Island. I took pictures of the offending vehicles and promptly posted them here.

When I returned to that location today, I discovered even more cars parked on the sidewalk, including a dark-colored SUV parked so close to the curb, it forced pedestrians into the street to get around it.

Around the corner, on Hamilton Avenue between Richmond Terrace and Stuyvesant Place, there were three cars parked half on the sidewalk, half in the street, all right near a clearly visible "No Parking Anytime" sign. This location is only one block away from, and on the same side of Richmond Terrace as, the 120th Precinct, NYPD. How is it these violators are allowed to remain unticketed and unchallenged, day after day?

What's more, this location is only two blocks from the ferry terminal, the borough's multi-modal transportation center, where the ferry docks and where the MTA-operated Staten Island Railway and most MTA-operated bus lines begin and end . Why--considering all the negatives associated with private transportation--are so many people still bringing their cars into St. George, probably the most densely developed and populated neighborhood on Staten Island, and the best served by mass transit?

It looks like it's time to spread the word--and the pictures.

Comments

[Ken F]

Heck, in Manhattan even the Cops do it:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/is-transportation-reform-possible-when-the-cops-dont-care/

[Steve Patterson]

You should invite Jimmy Justice to SI for dinner and a walk.

[Dan Icolari]

Ace: I think you're right!

[Ace]

I think you may have answered the question with this statement:

"This location is only one block away from, and on the same side of Richmond Terrace as, the 120th Precinct, NYPD."

I would suspect that the illegal parkers are connected with the police, and or the municipal government in some way.