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Someone Posts Bogus 'No Parking' Sign Sep 1, 9:27

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NEW YORK (AP) - Several Brooklyn residents woke up to find their street empty - because someone had posted a No Parking sign and police had towed their rides.

The sign, which bans parking on a street in the DUMBO neighborhood from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, mysteriously appeared Monday or Tuesday, residents said, and then police started ticketing and towing cars parked there.

But the Department of Transportation says there aren't any parking restrictions in the area and it doesn't know who posted the placard, which looks official.

Resident David Bourgeois said he had to pay $205 to retrieve his Mini Cooper, with a $60 ticket on the windshield, from a police pound Wednesday after it was hauled away.

"It's just outrageous," he told the Daily News for Friday editions.

The DOT said it would try to dismiss the ticket - and take down the No Parking sign.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
SoHo, Tribeca, ok... but DUMBO? Come on now. You're just asking for it.
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Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass. Cool neighborhood.

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EDIT: I never realized it was "down under," always thought it was downtown under due to its proximity to downtown Brooklyn.
 
That is soo funny. It reminds me of when I put up caution tape on the main walk way at school, and everyone walked around it through a mud puddle. Except this was a much more expensive prank.
 
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