{"id":301747,"date":"2021-07-17T19:37:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T16:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-cites-spike-lee-over-illegal-parking-spots\/"},"modified":"2021-07-17T19:37:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T16:37:40","slug":"nyc-cites-spike-lee-over-illegal-parking-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-cites-spike-lee-over-illegal-parking-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC cites Spike Lee over illegal parking spots"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC cites Spike Lee over illegal parking spots<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s doing the wrong thing.<\/p>\n

Spike Lee\u2019s production company was ticketed for illegally glomming multiple parking spots outside its Brooklyn location, city officials said.<\/p>\n

On July 2, Lee\u2019s 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks in Fort Greene was cited<\/a> for \u201cillegally\u201d extending its garage\u2019s curb cut, in order to facilitate illegal parking, creating a \u201chazard.\u201d<\/p>\n

A city official said the standard penalty is $2,500, though the final amount won\u2019t be determined until after a hearing.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s traffic rules<\/a> ban the \u201cunofficial reserving of parking space.\u201d<\/p>\n

The auteur\u2019s company painted the curbline yellow in front of 75 South Elliot Place, to make it app<\/a>ear part of the garage\u2019s entryway \u2014 and off-limits to the public. It also blocked the spots off with traffic cones.<\/p>\n

At least two spots were commandeered in the parking-parched neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are Spike Lee\u2019s spots,\u201d a window-washer on the leafy block said.<\/p>\n

The acclaimed black filmmaker, 64, wrote, directed, and produced movies<\/a> such as \u201cDo The Right Thing\u201d and \u201cShe\u2019s Gotta Have It.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Cones
The stolen spots have saved Lee and his associates a lot of money.<\/figcaption>
Helayne Seidman for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cLooking for parking is one of the last few aspects of life in New York that is actually equal. Every motorist has to move their car. I guess parking is now just one more way that millionaire celebrities are taking advantage of the rest of us,\u201d griped one motorist.<\/p>\n

But a code of vehicular omerta <\/em>appeared to prevail on the block.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no idea what you guys are talking about. Sorry. No comment,\u201d said Jason, the manager of Fancy Free, a hip bar next door. Immedia<\/a>tely after speaking with a Post reporter, he entered Lee\u2019s offices.<\/p>\n

\"Spike
The city cited Lee\u2019s company for two vehicles, a BMW and a Ford, being illegally parked in 2014.<\/figcaption>
maximon \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s my uncle,\u201d said an Airbuds-wearing block resident, who also refused to criticize the spot-hogging.<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s evidently held the spots for years. In 2014, the city cited<\/a> Lee\u2019s company for two vehicles, a BMW and a Ford, illegally parked in front of the building. Lee\u2019s company paid the $400.30 fine, but never filed a \u201ccertificate of compliance\u201d that it had discontinued the illegal use, according to the city Department of Buildings. Recently, a BMW with the same license plate listed in the 2014 citation was illegally parked in front of the building.<\/p>\n

The stolen spots have saved Lee and his associates a nifty sum. Metered street parking around the corner costs $3.25 for two hours. By the month, that\u2019s $1,186.25. Annualized, that\u2019s $14,235. And parking in the private garage three blocks away costs $500 per month per car. For two cars, that\u2019s $12,000 per annum.<\/p>\n

\"Spike
One resident says some locals have been known to deliberately drive over the cones.<\/figcaption>
Helayne Seidman for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cNo one\u2019s available to talk at this time,\u201d a 40 Acres receptionist told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople like having Spike on the block,\u201d one resident said. But he admitted to seeing some fed-up parking vigilantes \u201cpurposely back over the cones and crush them.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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