In the Neighborhood - Poll

Original post by Kel

Jul 21, 2003 05:22 PM

The following is at a 3-way intersection:

House A is a corner property.

House B is a corner property.

House C is about three times the size of house A and B. House C is in the middle of the block that it sits on.

People living in House C park in their driveway and in front of their house, they often park on the side of house A, sometimes in front of house A, and always park along the side of house B.

Question: (Which do you most agree with):

1-The people living in house C have a right to park anywhere they want, the street is not part of a homeowner's property, and if the space is there, I have a right to park there.

2-If I owned House A or B, I'd be annoyed by others constantly parking along my property, even if the street doesn't belong to me.

anna Posted: Jul 22, 2003 08:52 AM

Re: In the Neighborhood - Poll

I have a different opinion on this depending on whether this is Queens/any of the boroughs or LI.

Having grown up in Queens, and my parents are homeowners, the front of our home was NEVER our private property. A major hospital was 2 blocks away, so we NEVER had that spot. So I never adjusted to it as 'our spot'. ever.

Living on Long Island now, its seems pretty clear the the front of everyones house is the personal and private space. OF course when someone has parties and lots of cars come along, I think its OK that they park in the neighboring area, if that makes sense.