Are there signs up on the mall that specifically state "no parking" ?? If not, people may not know that it is not okay to park there.

I am normally a big supporter of the police everywhere. But I can't help feel that this situation, ignoring the crime of parking on the mall, must be due to laziness, or corruption. Or maybe just contempt for this neighborhood.
As for "no parking" signs, common sense and courtesy should be deterent enough. Nobody else living along the mall has these parties, or let's just park on the grass. It is one house of arrogant trouble-makers. Besides, ignorance of the law Is no excuse!

You would think that "common sense" would be a deterrent but some people need things spelled out very clearly otherwise they might assume that it is okay to park certain places. Especially since it's not enforced by the police at all. I'm not defending their behavior at all but you shouldn't rely or assume that people "should just know things"....you give them too much credit. You'd be surprised how many peiple lack common sense. Signs should be posted. That wuld be first on my agenda as far as complaining about this situation goes.....

I called the police at 10. Now it's 11, still going on, loud as ever, and I just called again, and was told "it's still on the board and hasn't been dispatched yet." INFURIATING. Our alderwoman lives a block away from this; why doesn't she care?!

Police Pigs =
These folks Pigs.

9/5, another beautiful Saturday ruined by these inconsiderate bastards. It's 9 pm now, just called the police again, it doesn't do any good at all. These people have some kind of dispensation to have these parties almost every week all summer. We have to close our windows but the noise is so loud it penetrates anyway, and we are a block and a half away. Called my alderwoman and left a message - she's never gotten back to me about anything before so I don't imagine she will about this. There are noise ordinances that are being broken over and over again and nothing happens. It's just a misery. And please - while I don't like it that they're parking on the mall on Edgewood Avenue I care A LOT MORE ABOUT THE NOISE. I wish it would rain.

This is going to keep happening until someone put signs up. If the city won't do it it's up to you guys to put them up. Take some initiative.

The big problem isn't the parking. IT'S THE LOUD AMPLIFIED PARTY. What good are signs going to do?

Sorry. Perhaps I should have been more specific. My comment was in reference the to the parking problem. Not the noise. Why? Because people have mentioned the parking situation being 1/2 of the problem. As far as noise goes, I would just keep calling the police about it. Maybe going to the station in person and really pressing them about it might help. I hope it gets resolved sooner than later.

Like others in the neighborhood, we've given up. They refuse to heed our personal pleas for civil behavior, and civil authorities do nothing to stop them. Besides, outdoor party season is over...

One more thing Mr.Noonan (no disrespect meant by re-opening the case but)
THE PARTY NEVER STOPS HERE

I keep telling people: New Haven is not the place to address "quality-of-life" issues. NHPD does not respond to those kind of calls. Buy a car and move out of New Haven if you want a peaceful existence. You'll save a lot of money too.

The police HAVE responded; it usually results in a reduction in volume for a short while, then back to blasting. I have not given up. Since our own alderwoman never responds, we plan to take it to the full board, if nothing else than to get an answer as to why this is tolerated. If it were once a summer I would let it go, but every couple of weeks?!