NEW YORK — There is an replace on a parking drawback in a Queens group.
People living as regards to John F. Kennedy International Airport in South Ozone Park say they fight to seek out spots to park, particularly throughout vacation weekends.
CBS New York first reported in this factor closing June. Reporter Lisa Rozner spoke to space residents on Sunday.
On 152nd Avenue, some residents put out cones to carry a place for themselves.
“As soon as I move my car from here, if I have to go out, all of a sudden somebody’s parking over there,” resident Nelson Perez mentioned.
Some residents say throughout vacations, like Presidents Day weekend, they are able to’t in finding any parking of their group because of other folks the usage of it as a longer, unofficial automobile parking space for JFK.
One neighbor, who requested that she no longer be recognized, referred to as ARB Parking to invite the attendants to transport shoppers’ automobiles that she says they park at the streets, allegedly when the lot will get complete.
“I called them and I said, ‘I need a spot. Come and move a car,’ and they have to find it,” the girl mentioned, including when requested if that was once a enough solution, “No, it’s not, because sometimes I wait half an hour for them to do it when they feel like, you know?”
“Sometimes I got to go over there and fight with them to move a car for me to get a spot, which is not right,” resident George Chowte mentioned.
The lot gives travel carrier to JFK, however a supervisor instructed Rozner via telephone that simplest a number of the automobiles parked in the street are theirs.
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When Rozner noticed workers pass into the group with a bin of keys, in addition they mentioned it is only some automobiles.
“You have the keys in the bin to retrieve cars from the…?” Rozner requested.
“We’re moving all the cars. Yeah, we’re moving in three, four hours,” an worker mentioned.
They mentioned shoppers in a rush to catch a flight park the automobiles in the street after which hand them the keys to convey their car into the lot.
“So they’re paying you to retrieve their cars from the street?” Rozner requested.
“Because they do not want to miss their flight,” the worker mentioned. “So after that, we will move.”
“Your quality of life is to come home, find a parking spot, go in. You don’t want to drive around for hours because a business is abusing the situation,” mentioned Sam Esposito, president of the Ozone Park Residents Block Association. “We’re going to send out a letter of notice to the elected officials.”
Late Sunday evening, CBS New York reached Eddy Rich, the executive for ARB Parking, via telephone and he instructed us the automobiles being moved at the streets belong to the workers and that the lot has 600 areas.
“This is not our cars because if you check, if you come to the parking lot, I can show you, each car have the tag. The tag where we put it right on the cars and the outside, have you seen any tag? No. This is not our cars. But for all the customers, we always park inside,” Rich mentioned.
He mentioned when the lot is at capability, shoppers are became away.