Cops forge compromise in Dyker Christmas parking fight
A potentially messy controversy that erupted over the city’s decision to ban parking along a wide swath of 86th Street to accommodate tour buses bringing in visitors to see the world-famous Christmas lights of Dyker Heights appears to have been nipped in the bud.
The brouhaha came to light two weeks ago after the 68th Precinct, without prior warning, suddenly put up “No Parking” signs on 86th Street from Seventh Avenue all the way to 14th Avenue. Parking along 86th Street is to be banned on that stretch of 86th Street from 3 p.m. to midnight every day until Jan. 3, according to the signage.
The move was made so that tour buses could park on 86th Street to pick up and drop off the thousands of people who come to Dyker Heights to enjoy the Christmas displays, local officials said. With the restriction in place, the tour buses wouldn’t be navigating local roadways, many of which are one-way streets, and clogging up traffic.