Here’s how to make your own parking spot in 60 seconds or less – by ripping out a “No Standing” sign, like this Atlantic Yards worker did, and got caught red handed and was youtubed:
This showed up on theAtlantic Yards Report, which reported that there’s a “No Standing” sign on the south side of Pacific Street (between Sixth and Carlton Avenues) that construction workers uprooted in a quest for free parking, and it was not the first time: one sign was pulled out in mid-December, and just a week later, its replacement was again pulled out.
The deed caught on video occurred at about 6:15 am on Friday, as a construction worker parked next to the sign. If you fast-forward to about 1:10, you can see him rocking the sign with his hands until it’s dislodged. At 3:16, he moves the sign to the north side of Pacific Street, near the MTA’s Vanderbilt Yard.
Free parking? According to Atlantic Yards Report, this may be the responsibility of Empire State Development, the state agency overseeing Atlantic Yards construction, and “has the power to crack down on developer Forest City Ratner, its subcontractors, and ultimately their employees.”
The level of jerkdom here is high, but perhaps not uncommon: “I think a number of people are jerks to this degree, they just lack the upper body strength to actually follow through,” tateinbk writes on Brooklynian (read more discussion).