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| Photo Credit: Jesse Winter |
Long Island City is a neighborhood on a turbo charged rise, and now facing many problems not only with schooling but PARKING.
As the population swells day to day and more and more housing develops. Many of the residents that do not work in the city and rely on personal means of transportation, might have to seriously think about whether or not this area works for them.
Right now the East coast development has plans to complete a 500 car parking garage in May 2013, that will be connected to the biggest building of the development. Some spots will be rentals and some will also be for sale but for a very hefty price of about 40,000.00 to buy. According to the selling price we can figure average rental price at anywhere between 300.00 to 600.00 dollars a month. So in that aspect to many, why have a car or why live in this area.
Local politicians have now stepped in and promised a "game plan" in a attempt to resolve some of the scarcity of parking in L.I.C. The first step they said would be, to apply street regulations to all the streets in the area, as some people from what they have been told "abuse free parking by squatting for weeks and months on end". At the moment many ideas are in the works, it is New York's responsibility as a city to provide public parking to its residents and with that said I believe it is only a matter of time before we see a break for those who can not and will not pay for garage parking.
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| Courtesy of NY 1 |
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