It’s a new way to look at parking.
Councilman Chaim Deutsch (D–Midwood) angled the city to triple parking spots on a block of Avenue P by changing parallel spaces to angled ones that can fit more cars. The 20 new angled slips between E. 23rd and E. 24th streets — replacing a paltry six spaces — are near two public schools, housing, and a synagogue. The busy area drew a lot of drivers, but now it is much easier to find a spot, said Jacob Lomner, who lives right next to the shul.
“The synagogue and everything, it’s tight. People park and I can’t get out of my driveway,” he said. “We really appreciate this. It frees up my street over here.”
Department of Transportation workers installed the new spaces on Oct. 31 at Deutsch’s urging.
The legislator plans bring his slant on parking elsewhere — including Brighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay — and he has requested the city put in more spots under the Q line between W. Fifth and W. Sixth streets, and on Avenue P between Bedford Avenue and E. 27th Street.
The Department of Transportation recently approved his request to create temporary angled parking on Batchelder Street between Avenues Y and Z, because contractors working on the nearby Kings Bay Houses are taking up a bunch of spots in the complex’s parking lot. The city will create the spaces in the coming weeks, but they will disappear when construction on the public housing wraps next spring, reps from Deutsch’s office said.
Parking is a hot commodity in Southern Brooklyn, and anywhere the Department of Transportation can add more spots is a win for the community, the councilman said.
“Anywhere we can increase parking and accommodate the residents in that area by having less people constantly driving around the block looking for spots, causing pollution, congestion, causing aggravation is a plus,” said Deutsch. “The more parking spots we can put in without affecting the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists is a plus.”
