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# Brighton Municipal Parking Lot To Nearly Double Fees
- URL: https://bklyner.com/brighton-municipal-parking-lot-to-nearly-double-fees-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2011-08-09T16:22:02.000Z
- Updated: 2011-08-09T16:22:02.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: brighton beach municipal parking field, municipal parking lots, #API-Imported

![Pat Singer and other residents are upset that the municipal parking lot from Brighton Beach 2- Brighton Beach 4 street is increasing the price for a space from $300 to $500 quarterly.](http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2011/08/09/alg_brighton_beach_parking.jpg)

Pat Singer in front of the lot (Source: NYDailyNews.com)

The city is raising the parking permit rates at the Brighton Beach Municipal Parking Field from $330 to $550 per quarter – a striking $220 price hike that has residents up in arms.

The increase at the lot – at Brightwater Court and Brighton 2nd Street – will take effect in October, and be accompanies by a hike in metered rates to a quarter for every 10 minutes.

[The Daily News reports](http://www.nydailynews.com/ny%5Flocal/brooklyn/2011/08/09/2011-08-09%5Fits%5Fparking%5Fcrazy%5Fdrivers%5Fto%5Fpay%5F880%5Fmore%5Fa%5Fyr%5Fas%5Flot%5Fups%5Ffees.html?ref=bklyner.com) on the reaction:

> Pat Singer, president of the Brighton Beach Neighbors Association, said her office has received a flood of phone calls from angry residents complaining about the hike for the Brightwater Court lot.

> “They’re doing it on the backs of people that are struggling, and that’s tough,” said Singer, who added that on-street parking has become a big problem in the neighborhood. “They have no alternative to put their cars anywhere else.”

> Angry drivers said they got flyers last week about the rate increase, and some are now thinking about circling local blocks in search of parking instead of paying the hike.

> … Richard Tomback, 69, a history professor at Kingsborough Community College, said he has kept a spot in the parking lot for the last 15 years, but now plans to give it up.

> “It’s a complete lack of respect \[for\] citizens of Brighton Beach,” he said. “I’ll have to walk 10 or 15 blocks after parking on the street. It’s an inconsideration by the city.”