Courtyard Crackdown: Finally!

Someone finally got someone's attention about the well-documented problem of public space being used to as private space. Interesting that it is the DOB ticketing the cars, as it would seem that the DOT has jurisdiction over public rights-of-way. Wonder why no one has gone after Hannah Senesh? From the Brooklyn Paper:

"Three homes were ticketed after the Department of Buildings’ inspection, a visit that followed a stunning report in this newspaper that many residents of Fourth Place between Smith and Court streets were violating city zoning, which forbids parking in the front yards along First, Second, Third and Fourth places.

Decades-old zoning designed to preserve the gardens that give the neighborhood its name designates such front yards as part of the street and not the homeowner’s lot, giving the city oversight about what is permissible there.

Two homes were summonsed for illegal front yard parking. The third home was found to have an illegal curb cut."