AN AXLE TO GRIND!
South Brooklyn pol vows to tackle illegally parked trucks in Dyker Heights
BY ROSE ADAMS
Dyker Heights civic leaders
are outraged by the constant
barrage of illegally
parked 18-wheelers that line
the streets around the neighborhood’s
golf course, blocking
out the sunlight and intimidating
passersby.
“They are just left out there
for days and days,” said local
community board chair Josephine
Beckmann, who noted
that the two-mile perimeter
of the golf course is a popular
running spot. “We’ve heard
from many women who are
afraid because they make it
dark.”
Locals claim that truck
companies and RV owners
have used the area as a dumping
ground for decades, fl outing
Department of Transportation
regulations that bar RVs from
parking for over 24 continuous
hours. Similarly, city laws
prohibit overnight parking for
commercial vehicles and completely
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forbid tractor-trailers
from parking on residential
streets — like those that surround
Dyker’s golf course.
According to the area’s local
councilman, the local police
precinct lacks the resources
to regularly tow the vehicles
— and the meager $35 fi nes for
RVs, $65 for commercial vehicles,
and $265 for tractor-trailers
don’t deter truck drivers
from lining the sidewalk.
“Once a month the NYPD
will do a sweep, and they’re
back there the next day,” said
Justin Brannan (D—Dyker
Heights).
The illegally parked trucks
don’t only create an intimidating
environment — they
also pose a safety concern for
families traveling to Dyker
Playground at 86th Street and
14th Avenue, and for children
walking around PS 229 and
Poly Prep Country Day School,
which border the golf course,
according to Beckmann.
“Crossing becomes diffi -
cult, visibility becomes diffi -
cult,” said Beckmann.
Brannan argues that increasing
police surveillance
will waste the precinct’s limited
resources, and claims that
he’s been working with transit
and sanitation authorities
to fi nd alternative solutions
— such as raising the parking
fi nes, putting up more signage,
or changing the street cleaning
time to midnight, so that
trucks caught parking overnight
will be subject to additional
alternate-side-parking
violations.
“We’re trying to get creative
and explore solutions,”
Brannan said.
Local pols are blasting tractor-trailers for parking around the Dyker Heights Golf Course. Photo by Rose Adams
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