In the first Avenue bike lane between 30th and 40th street, no emergency, on a Tuesday evening

You can see, through the windshield of the van in the back, that there's another police van parked in front of it & yet another police vehicle parked on the SIDEWALK in front of that.

A cop car parked in the bike lane. Cops just standing there on the side of the street, while another illegally parked car in the bike lane was right in front of them.

New York Parking Police car blocking bike lane when there is huge available space right in front of the parked cars. She then gave a ticket to a guy who was buying a parking meter receipt to put on his car which is also illegal. This was right after she gave a ticket to a car which had a con-edison emergency placard in the window. She yelled at me for taking her picture, called me bad names and then took a picture of the car she thought was mine. Total abuse of power, she should be reprimanded by the NYPD at the least.

Three police vans responding to a call park in the bike lane on 8th Ave between 36 & 37th Sts despite there being ample room for them to park.

There was a cop directing traffic in the intersection and another in the van. As if there weren't enough obstacles on Bowery. Maybe at Canal, maybe Delancey.

Two sets of cop cars parked in the Kent Avenue Bike Lane. No lights flashing and no apparent emergency going on.

Two sets of cop cars parked in the Kent Avenue Bike Lane. No lights flashing and no apparent emergency going on.

so I was riding my bike to work yesterday morning and at just before ten was about to turn onto sands st from navy st approaching the bridge and saw these two cop cars parked in the bike lane right at the turn. it was especially awful (I mean, aside from the fact that they're theoretically supposed to be protecting us and not endangering our lives!) because the bike lane is separated above the street by about a foot. it's impossible to ride around the cars and re-enter the bike lane without completely dismounting your bike and pulling it up onto the bike lane. as you can imagine, this was pretty scary in traffic where all the cars behind me were turning and probably didn't have a great view of what I was doing because of the two godforsaken police cars blocking both my lane and their view.

Half in the bike lane, half on the sidewalk. Apparently “school safety” doesn't care about keeping people safe.

No courtesy, professionalism or respect here

Flushing and Hall (by the Navy Yard) - Brooklyn, NY - Friday September 3 approx 12:45 PM. This cop had to stop for a gatorade - in the bike lane. She also claimed that she was giving me a ticket for biking on the sidewalk, which I only did to get a quick photo of her from the back. Down with NYPD I say!!!

This isn't one or two cop cars responding to an incident. The bike lane is considered an extension of their parking lot. I believe we need to make it easier for cops to work in our city, but this can't be the way.

Google maps photo of that corner:
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Not only is the cruiser taking the bike lane, but the NYPD van is parked in the turning lane, behind and to the right of the cruiser, such that you need to ride fully into traffic to get around the vehicles. Oh, and there was plenty of space in the striped area 50 feet south.

This car was parked in the bike lane with one police officer in the passenger seat. The other officer was inside Duane Reade buying something. They were definitely not pulled over for an emergency. Isn't it sad when the people who are supposed to keep us safe are also putting us in danger for a bag of chips!!

The guy did run in quickly to grab a biscuit but that doesn't excuse that he's (1) a traffic van; and (2) had space to legally park.

The bikelane on this stretch of east broadway is useless b/c they're always blocked.

I've seen them there before, on Suffolk near Delancey, and not that it's a particularly busy stretch of road for bikes or cars, it's a primary access point to the Williamsburg Bridge.

In this picture, you'll notice a guy with a kid tandem being trailed by another kid having to ride out into the street to go around the van.