By Helen Klein
Permanently parked cars are a quality-of-life problem in one corner of Canarsie. At the February meeting of the United Canarsie South Civic Association (UCSCA), which was held at the Hebrew Educational Society, 9502 Seaview Avenue, resident Charlie Zambrana complained of four within shouting distance of his home, that, “Haven’t been moved in at least a month. Meanwhile, the streets don’t get swept and we have garbage.” One of the cars, he added, “had no plates and been tagged by Sanitation (preparatory to being towed), then the fellow put out-of-state plates on it.” One of the vehicles, with Florida plates, has been parked on East 93rd Street, said Zambrana. Another, with New York plates but no registration or inspection stickers, was left on Schenck Street. A third is on East 96th Street and a fourth, with Pennsylvania plates, is at the intersection of Canarsie Road and Schenck Street. “Between Sanitation and the Police Department, you see the cars have been loaded with parking tickets,” Zambrana added. “The cars have been there a month and a half, somebody needs to say, the guy’s not moving it.” Detective Dady Belfort, of the 69th Precinct’s community affairs department, said that the precinct’s conditions team could check the cars out. But, she stressed, “We can mark it for Sanitation, but Sanitation decides whether it’s derelict or not.” The cars may be more than nuisances, suggested Zambrana. “I’m not saying this is the case,” he told Belfort, “but, on the West Coast, gangs hide drugs and guns in derelict vehicles.”
