It is routinely NYC taxi cabs and unmarked black car service cars. They come all hours of the day, and they clearly think this is a convenient place to park and do maintenance and clean their cars and dump the trash on the street and sidewalks.

We live at 1128 Glenwood Road, at the corner, and absolutely second this upgrade to "No Standing."
I have personally seem emergency vehicles try and fail to round this corner when taxis or black cars are parked there and left unattended for a few minutes.
Garbage is a huge, daily issue as well because this spot is so frequently used. Trash and bags of trash regularly get dumped out of standing vehicles.
Upgrading the "No Parking" to a "No Standing" sign might be a great solution to all of the ongoing issues, especially the blocking of emergency vehicles!

Unattended car parked in front of hydrant overnight 7/17-18 (photo taken 5:30AM 7/18).

Unattended car with out of state plates parked in No Parking zone in front of hydrant on 7//18 afternoon through evening.

One of many cars with TLC plates to park in front of hydrant at this location today...

Thank you for contacting Community Board 14. Please call 311 to report an obstruction of a fire hydrant at the time it takes place.

I have tried on many occasions to call both 311 and the 70th precinct directly to no avail. The response times vary between one hour to many hours. Often it will be 3 to 6 hours by the time a ticketing officer does show up, and by then the offending parked taxi/car will have moved on resulting in a waste of time for everyone involved. If 311 and the 70th precinct can't respond in a timely manner to offenses and catch the offenders in the act then what is the point of providing such a service. It essentially reduces to a waste of time and tax payer funds. Perhaps it's time to change the law so tickets can be issued after the fact when video surveillance is supplied along with an affadavit that is filled out by the witness.

Thank you for your response CB14.

Another solution might simply be to follow through on the original request to upgrade the "No Parking" sign to "No Standing." I imagine it would be much less likely that cars would be parked and left for hours if they were in a No Standing zone, which carries stronger penalties.

Is there a way for us to follow up and check the status of this request? Or someone specific to contact? Thank you for your help.

Yes Michael, that was the exact reason why I asked for the upgrade to a no standing sign. The no standing carries a much stiffer penalty making it much less likely for people to stop and park for long stretches at a time. A no standing sign also has a unique red color which makes it clearly identifiable as a no parking/standing zone which will also make accidental parking in that zone much less likely.

The request to install "No Standing" sign has been submitted to DOT. We'll keep you updated on a status of it. Thank you.

The Department of Transportation has indicated that they will provide results to this request by mid-October 2014. We will post the results as soon as they are received. Thank you.

Thank you CB14!

Can you tell us if it might be helpful to continue to post photos of violations here--will the DOT consult this site? I imagine if they see a record of daily issues it will help them to make their decision.

For example: Unattended commercial vehicle left today in front of hydrant...

DOT does not have access to information posted here. Please file complaints regarding illegally parked cars by calling 311. DOT does have access to citywide 311 data. Thank you.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has informed the Community Board office of their denial of this signage change request. CB14 received this statement from DOT: "This is in response to your July 14, 2014 e-mail regarding your request for a change to the existing "No Parking Anytime" signage to "No Standing Anytime" signage in front of 706 Westminster Road, Brooklyn. The Borough Engineering Office completed a field investigation involving land use and traffic conditions at the above location. As a result of their investigation, it was determined that the curb space at this location is regulated by an existing fire hydrant. Therefore, we do not contemplate any changes at this time."

Community Board 14 will be able to request another study at this location once 18 months have passed (February 2016.) Until then, please continue to call 311 to report any illegally parked cars, litter or other complaints resulting from cars parking at the location. This will assist DOT's decision if you choose to request another study of the issue in 18 months.

Hi CB14.

Happy to keep calling 311 to report the cars. However, homeowners are considered responsible for cleaning up trash in front of their houses, and part of the reason this has become an issue is because the homeowner at this address has been fined for trash left behind by illegally parked drivers.

So unless you want people in the neighborhood to be reporting themselves for a trash violation, calling 311 for trash issues doesn't make much sense...

It does seem that the DOT made this determination without visiting the site to see the situation for themselves, and only closed the appeal because the corner is "already regulated by an existing fire hydrant." Did they understand the request was for an upgrade? Is it really not possible for them to see violations posted on this site if we keep posting them? Thank you.

The issue of trash piling up seems to have subsided. I think we can close the issue.