Is it legal for my neighbor to park and leave so little space for my car to go through even though they parked near the curb?
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Is it legal for my neighbor to park and leave so little space for my car to go through even though they parked near the curb?
I came to my home in Long Island Nasssu
County, NY and found that my neighbors were
blocking the roadway. This is a residential
roadway at around 10pm at night. My
neighbors’ cars were parked near the curb on
opposite sides of the road. This was a narrow
residential roadway. Since they parked on both
side of the road, my car has only a few inches
to squeeze past them and drive pass. A few
inches to the left or right, I would have gotten
into a car accident. Is it legal for them to leave
so little space even though they were parked
close to the curb? It’s a two-way narrow street.
Asked on September 29, 2017 under General Practice, New York
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
It is legal to park anywhere or at any time parking is not prohibited, so long as each car was parked reasonably--for example, "parked close to the curb." Even if that resulted in only a narrow space to squeeze by, if parking was allowed on each side of the street there, and each car was individually parked reasonably, they did nothing wrong. This may be a matter for your city (or in NYC, borough) councel--to petition that parking on street with made alternate side of the street parking or otherwise restricted.
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