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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Release #13-43
June 17, 2013
Seth Solomonow/Scott Gastel (DOT) (212) 839-4850
Vito Turso (Sanitation) (646) 885-5020
Manhattan Community Board 12 (212) 568-8500

New Reduced Parking Restrictions to Begin in Sections of Inwood, Washington Heights

Enforcement of new regulations begins Monday, June 24

Reduced Alternate Side Parking regulations in parts of Inwood and Washington Heights go into effect following posting of new regulations to ease parking for local residents

Second of two phases now complete in Manhattan CB 12

New Street Cleaning/Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations in parts of the Inwood and Washington Heights neighborhoods of Manhattan Community District 12 take effect Monday, June  24, now that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has completed the second of two phases to install new, reduced parking regulations. Approximately 1,700 signs in the area were installed during this phase, reducing residential street cleaning parking restrictions from twice a week to just once a week to ease parking for local residents. The new rules were established by the Department of Sanitation at the request of Community Board 12, which became the second community to receive reduced parking regulations since legislation passed the City Council in 2011 allowing for a reduction if streets within the Community District met City standards for cleanliness. To be eligible for such a reduction, the boards must receive an average street cleanliness scorecard rating of at least 90 for two consecutive fiscal years. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced in September 2009 that the City would continue to reduce parking restrictions in additional locations if street cleanliness ratings remained at high levels, following the implementation of pilot programs in Brooklyn’s Community Districts  2 and 6, and immediately prior to a reduction pilot commencing in Community District 8 in the Bronx. Last spring, Brooklyn’s Community District 7 became the first area to receive reduced restrictions since the legislation took effect.

The new sign regulations apply within the following borders, with enforcement beginning June 24:
  • North: The Harlem River from the Henry Hudson Parkway to the Broadway Bridge.
  • East: The Harlem River from the Broadway Bridge to 181st Street.
  • South: 181st Street (not included) from the Harlem River Drive to the Hudson River.
  • West: The Hudson River from 181st Street to the Harlem River.

Map which indicates where new street cleaning regulations will take effect
This map indicates where new street cleaning regulations will take effect starting June 24

Regulations were similarly converted in previous years in Brooklyn’s Community Districts 2, 6 and 7, as well as Community District 8 in the Bronx.

For more information, please contact 311 or visit the Department of Sanitation’s Web site or the Community Board 12 Web site.

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