April 27, 2008
Highs and Lows of Upper West Side Parking
Car owners on the Upper West Side are facing some tough times. For one, residents as the swank Apthorp apartment building, at West End and West 79th Street, had their "cars evicted" from the building's parking garage . And further north, cars parked along one street have been broken into--sometimes up to 2 to 3 cars a day.
At the Apthorp, building inspectors found the garage had numerous violations, leading to the garage management to move the cars somewhere else. The Post reports owners "were told that their cars could be brought to them within an hour's notice and left waiting on the street in front of the garage." One resident complained said, "We pay more to park in the garage per month than some people pay to rent an apartment" (parking spaces go for $680+/month).
Not everyone can afford parking garages, so they take their chances by parking their cars on the street. On Amsterdam Avenue between 99th and 100th Streets, at least 17 cars have been broken into over the past week and a half. In some cases, a GPS system and tape deck were stolen, in other others, nothing was taken, suggesting cars are being vandalized for the fun of it.
And to make matters worse, there's a police precinct right across the street. One resident told WCBS 2, "It's disgusting. It's an unsafe feeling. You don't feel like walking here or parking your car here. You feel violated."
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Waahhh!!!
You want to own a car, move to the suburbs.
Damn! where is my tiny violin... I knew I put it somewhere...
GPS device theft is a no brainer... But "tape decks?" Come on Jen, you have to know better!
Yes tape decks. There is a black market for eight track tape decks in Bulgaria. They get over ten Bulgarian levs for a deck.
Hey, WCBS 2 says a tape deck was stolen. Maybe someone wants to play old tapes!
That's why I always lock my boombox in the trunk!
There is no logical reason to own a car in Manhattan.
You want to own a car, move to the suburbs.
There is no logical reason to own a car in Manhattan.
What if you work in the suburbs? What if you have a 2nd home in the Catskills?
Maybe if you spent the time criticizing people for having cars on something more productive, you might actually afford to have a car! Strike that. You might actually afford to have a REAL APARTMENT!
Yeah, dudes... in the two minutes you spent on posting, you could have earned an MBA or managed a hedge fund or some shit. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING. O_o
There is LIRR, NJ Transit, and Metro-North.
If you have the money to live in Manhattan and pay $700 a month for a parking spot then good for you. It's nice to know people like throwing their money down the drain and then complain they don't have any.
There is LIRR, NJ Transit, and Metro-North.
Obviously you don't get out enough to know where Catskill is. Better yet, do you even know WHAT the Catskill regions is?
Yeah, dudes... in the two minutes you spent on posting, you could have earned an MBA or managed a hedge fund or some shit. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING.
Finished my PE research for the day already ;-)
Logically, to do everyday errands you don't need a car in Manhattan. If you have a second house, a beach house etc then more power to you.
For the Catskills rent a car or you can take CoachUSA(Shortline) from the Port Authority bus terminal.
Every place in Manhattan is either in walking distance or by public transportation not much so like other parts of the city, such as Western Queens. Where places are more spread out.
For the Catskills rent a car or you can take CoachUSA(Shortline) from the Port Authority bus terminal.
Every place in Manhattan is either in walking distance or by public transportation not much so like other parts of the city, such as Western Queens. Where places are more spread out.
I'm glad you don't think the world revolves around Mahattan.
Even if they took a bus to Catskills, how do they get to their house? It's not like there's a taxi waiting for them. What about the family dog or cat?
I know people who live in Manhattan with cars because they teach in parts of Brooklyn and Queens that are not accessible by public transportation. I also know people who work in Westchester and Bergen county that don't have public transportation. Contrary to what you may think, it doesn't take a millionaire to need and own a car in Manhattan. It takes regular folks who cannot get to their job without one.
Nice to know someone will leave a pet alone in a second house they barely use.
Regular folks don't own two homes and pay bills plus taxes on both. It's nice you people who are fairly wealthy.
Who said anything about leaving pets alone?
I'm only giving examples of people needing a car in Manhattan. Plus what's a regular folk? Regular by what standard?
If you could afford the rent/mortgage payments in Manhattan, own more then one place and pay parking garage fees much more power to you.
Nice to know that owning a car in NYC makes one somehow elitist. It's a fucking car you idiots, if I want two or three of them then I'll have them.
According to a lot of folks, there's just ample parking at every NJT and LIRR station and plenty of subway stations in Queens and Brooklyn. Just like in Manhattan. And everyone has a job in NYC.
Right.
"Logically, to do everyday errands you don't need a car in Manhattan. If you have a second house, a beach house etc then more power to you.
For the Catskills rent a car or you can take CoachUSA(Shortline) from the Port Authority bus terminal.
Every place in Manhattan is either in walking distance or by public transportation not much so like other parts of the city, such as Western Queens. Where places are more spread out."
I'm with you that it's probably not applicable to the majority of people who own cars in Manhattan. But your blanket statement is still just not correct.
In NY and NJ, there are suburban office locations that are not very well serviced by public transportation. If you have to do the reverse commute out there, it's absolutely true that sometimes owning a car in Manhattan saves time and/or money. Not that it's "convenient" by any stretch of the imagination, but convenient compared to the alternatives.
Owning a car for day-to-day use within the city usually doesn't make sense, but there are commuters who really need a car.