there are always plenty of cars parked on the bike lane on Bedford ave between Atlantic ave and Herkimer st in Brooklyn. they have an official plate and belong to the ACS agency. it is a dangerous spot for pedestrians and bikers.
I called 311, took photos but the NYPD did not follow up.
it is a hazardous spot as cars speed to cross atlantic ave before the light changes and at the same time other cars enter and exit the gas station.
and the access to the bike lane is blocked.

There is plenty of legit parking space for the agency's car half a block down and across the street.

I have no idea if my calls and emails to the city and the construction contractors working here helped, but the bike lane at West 78th & West End Avenue has now been free and clear of construction materials for 3 days and so I officially declare it liberated (the biker decal was damaged by the steel plates stored on it, but c'est le guerre).

To demonstrate that I am not so parochial as to care only about dangers posed by illegally parked vehicles to bicycles, I noted that the placard on the dash of the Mercedes in the picture was issued to an "honorary police surgeon" and the car is parked right in front of a hydrant at 8:30 am: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43954081@N00/321551270/

Didn't Hippocrates tell us to "do no harm"?

This is the second time I have caught and scolded these employees of Tucci Equipment (working under permit granted by NYDOT to Tully Construction) parking their truck and construction materials in the bike lane on 78th Street when their permit does not allow them to do work on 78th Street, only on West End. I told tully in writing that they have to stop, and sent them a link of the public posts of their unlawful and dangerous activities. Let's see what happens.

Truck of crew responsible for steel plates in bike lane (see post #1)

The supervisor of the construction crew cutting open the northbound lane of West End Avenue just south of 78th Street (employer--"Tucci Equipment") assured me that his crew had only "temporarily" stored these stell plates in the bike lane. We'll see. For shot of culprits, see #2

This pothole--large enough for an adult to climb into and hide in--has been left unrepaired in the middle of the East Side Greenway for more than a year, as far as I can recall. In order to protect itself from liability, the city has installed a chain-link fence around it, which I climbed to get this shot. Admittedly, the hole has become fertile ground for vegetation--some of the only vegetation found on this "greenway" south of 82nd Street--but there must be a better way to foster plant life. There is a lampost next to the cage, which further reduces the navigable space left in this supposedly two-way Class I bike path to less than 3'. NYC Parks Dept, fix the hole and get the cage out of my bike lane!