Bensonhurst board wants to drive truckers out of parking spots
Community Board 11 (Bensonhurst-Bath Beach) has a simple message for truck drivers who park their big rigs on residential streets overnight: Go away!
Too many truckers and owners of commercial vans take up on-street parking spaces depriving residents of those precious spots, according to Board 11 District Manager Marnee Elias-Pavia, who said she’s pleased that the New York Police Department is cracking down on the disobedient drivers.
One crackdown, which took place during the Thanksgiving weekend, resulted in eight trucks being towed by the city, Elias-Pavia said. “Thanksgiving weekend, there was aggressive enforcement. They had four heavy duty tow trucks out. Eight big-box trucks were towed,” she said at the board’s Dec. 12 meeting. The city has vowed to return to the community board area every week if necessary to enforce regulations.