Insane story from New York City.
Us is crazy regarding their parking laws. No wonder nobody is walking or taking a bike.
Lots of cities have turned off parking minimums because of how bad it is, but it’s slow going.
Solid 80 years of malinvestment, it will take generations to undo the damage.
It’s truly abysmal
Outside of NYC, most if not all places lack adequate public transportation systems and walkable resources(grocery stores etc.)
Cars have caused irreparable damage to our society. And trying to wind it back is such a monumental process.
Surprise, she’s a republican
It’s just a way to deny a development which nimby’s don’t want in their hood
They don’t want people living on the streets, but they don’t want homeless cars even more.
There is a fair amount of street parking and a bus stop right there…
During Tuesday’s City Council Land Use hearing, Vernikov signaled her support for the revised rezoning proposal at 2501 Coney Island Ave. — one that will allow only four stories comprising 27 units and 35 parking spaces, down from the original proposal of 11 stories with 60 units and 24 parking spaces.
Car-brains aside, this smells like corruption. 7 floors with an avg of 5 apartments per floor amount to only 2 parking spots per floor? Wtf are they parking in those spots? Something doesn’t add up. Over here we had the reverse problem: greedy developers signed for plans with x apts and y parking spots, only to convert the lower floor garages into extra minuscule apts after construction started.
Speaking of Coney Island and corruption, there’s a shitty developer trying to bulldoze the heart of Coney Island (the amusement park, museum, theater, etc) to build a shitty casino. Literally no one in the community wants this and we’ve been fighting back, but the city doesn’t care about what the locals want. Eric Adams has a hand in all this, to no one’s surprise.
The shitty developer (Thor Equities) has a history of buying and destroying historic buildings in the area, and has been caught red handed bussing in out-of-townera to feign support
Coney is my performance home so I’m trying to raise awareness
