• Even If You Know Me, Don’t Park In My Driveway


    by on Jul 20th, 2009

    Parking Sign in Sheepshead BayThe patriotic owner of this lovely, large Victorian house with two house numbers and two American flags hanging on the front porch columns, posts an interesting warning to dissuade people from blocking his driveway.

    The custom-made, carefully worded sign is directed to strangers and neighbors, as well. It says:
    24 Hour Active Driveway
    Do Not Block
    Even For  A Minute
    Even if you know me
    Please respect the yellow line

    How many of us wouldn’t just love to have a driveway and a Victorian home in the best neighborhood in Brooklyn. If you can’t have those things, one might think that the next best thing is a nice neighbor you know with both those things who might give you 59 seconds leeway.  But, as Dan Hartman sang about in his 1994 song, while it may be something you can dream about, don’t even thinkaboutit –  “not even for a minute”.

    Keep dreaming East 22nd Street neighbors.

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    • http://www.antsrants.webs.com/ Anthony

      “24 hour Active Driveway”?
      Man, those people must have either a lot of visitors or they go in and out a heck of a lot. Well, the sign gets the point across. I guess the next step would be a drawbridge and moat to keep the area clear. I used to live E 22nd street between Y & Z. Where on 22nd is this?

    • http://www.antsrants.webs.com Anthony

      “24 hour Active Driveway”?
      Man, those people must have either a lot of visitors or they go in and out a heck of a lot. Well, the sign gets the point across. I guess the next step would be a drawbridge and moat to keep the area clear. I used to live E 22nd street between Y & Z. Where on 22nd is this?

    • http://whitetrashbbq.blogspot.com/ BoopklynQ

      I know the owner of the house and author of the sign. Trust me, a lot went down before that sign went up. They’re good people.

    • http://whitetrashbbq.blogspot.com BoopklynQ

      I know the owner of the house and author of the sign. Trust me, a lot went down before that sign went up. They’re good people.

    • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001 Lisanne!

      Yeah, been there myself. I know there’s a shortage of parking, but when one needs their driveway its a nuisance to knock on your neighbor’s door to ask them to move it. I don’t have a sign though.

    • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001/ Lisanne!

      Yeah, been there myself. I know there’s a shortage of parking, but when one needs their driveway its a nuisance to knock on your neighbor’s door to ask them to move it. I don’t have a sign though.

    • Dave

      I live on the other side on E 21st Street and I can tell you from experience that people have parked in my driveway to conduct drug deals. It got to the point where I just started coming out with my video camera. Once they saw the camera, they would take the hint and move.