Tuesday...Alternate side of the street parking rules

If you don't live in New York, this car arrangement may look really odd.....



What you are looking at is two rows of cars double parked as far as the eye can see down the hill.









And as far as the eye can see UP the hill. They are all sitting there empty. Nobody in the driver's seat, just 2 neat rows of cars double parked .


It is around 11:45 on a Tuesday morning, and the other side of the street is totally empty waiting for the street sweeper to come by.




Once the sweeper is gone, as long as it is close to 12:30, everyone saunters out and moves their car to the other side of the road and the double line of parked cars goes away.



There are the occasional hitches, but if, as in this instance there are doormen around, they seem to be able to juggle cars if someone on the inner row wants to get out.
The real hitch occurs when someone comes along and parks in a spot while someone else is across the street in the double rank and then there is not enough space. That can get exciting.

And on Thursday, the people on the other side of the street get their turn to play.