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Your neighbors made 7,000 parking complaints. What's next?

Your neighbors are *pissed* about parking

So look, you wanna know what's really grinding New Yorkers' gears right now? It ain't the rent (though that's a close second, deadass). It's the street. And specifically, the cars on it.

Here's the thing: the latest 311 data just dropped, and the top three complaints are all about illegal parking. We're talking:

* 2,402 requests for "Illegal Parking / Posted Parking Sign Violation"

* 2,302 for "Illegal Parking / Blocked Hydrant"

* And 2,018 for "Blocked Driveway / No Access"

That's almost 7,000 complaints, just on those three. Nah, I'm not even countin' "Blocked Sidewalks," which added another 1,419 calls. You ever try pushing a stroller down Roosevelt Avenue when some clown thinks the sidewalk's their personal lot? It's a nightmare. It’s like everyone forgot how to share, right?

### What it means for us

This isn't just about a few bad parkers. This tells you where the city's pressure points are. We're a city of nine million people trying to fit into the same five boroughs, and space is always at a premium. When folks can't even get out their driveways or worry about a fire truck not getting to a hydrant on their block because someone double-parked, that's a problem City Hall's gotta address. It’s not just noise from loud music anymore, it's about the basic functionality of the block.

What are they gonna do? More enforcement? More alternative transport? That's what we gotta watch. That's New York — if you can't keep up, take the bus.

Rachel Kwon-Gutierrez, MiTL Sports Desk, Queens

Yo, listen, Keith and the whole crew are breakin' down all this city stuff every single morning, you gotta check 'em out live at mornings.live.

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