Van Bramer Calls For Crackdown On Illegal Parking In LIC

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer is calling on police to crack down on illegal parking on the sidewalks and streets of Long Island City, which has long been a sore subject for residents.

The Western Queens representative called the 108th police precinct in Long Island City "the epicenter of rampant illegally parked cars on the sidewalk and in the street" in a July 3 letter to NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill.

Van Bramer listed the 11 "worst" locations for parking on sidewalks, including a stretch of Borden Avenue and the area around the 108th police precinct station itself.

Illegal parking on our sidewalks & in our bike lanes is out of control in the @NYPD108Pct. I’m calling on @NYPDONeill to get involved here & enforce an immediate crackdown on drivers who continue to disregard the law & endanger our community. pic.twitter.com/46IfDSXDXm
— Jimmy Van Bramer (@JimmyVanBramer) July 9, 2019

"The precinct is overrun with illegally parked cars whose owners have no concern or respect for the law or residents of the community," Van Bramer wrote.

Queens residents have long used social media to document cars parked on Long Island City sidewalks.

@WBMasonCo parking all over the sidewalk, right next to a park. @JimmyVanBramer @NYPD108Pct @sunnysidepost pic.twitter.com/gBlTsxbeQM
— Kristen McGowan (@Kmcgowan33) June 4, 2019

Does @JimmyVanBramer have a plan to solve this issue in lic? Cars park on sidewalk and he has done nothing to take care @armenoush_nyc @NYC_DOT @NYCComptroller @TishJames @BobHoldenNYC @MakeQueensSafer @macartney @brentoleary @NYPDnews @NYPD108Pct @JumaaneWilliams pic.twitter.com/zIVza2sksZ
— Rodrigo Salazar (@pabilas) May 8, 2019

I was hoping there would be one day without cars on the 54th Street sidewalk, but today there are three pic.twitter.com/468A8yGrpm
— Angus Grieve-Smith (@grievesmith) May 13, 2019

There have been 106 traffic deaths so far this year, including 15 cyclists, according to Streetsblog.