Each time I left the apartment during my two days in NYC, I would pick a photo essay topic – a topic of subjects that I seldom find on my Drummond Island in Michigan or my TGO home in Florida. The topic this day is simply “NYC PARKING”!

Before I start with my own photos, I went to the web and entered the search phrase “The art of parallel parking”

I found: “Some drivers with years of experience still lack confidence in their ability to parallel park.  A 2009 Harris Interactive online study, commissioned by Ford Motor Co., found that one-third of U.S. drivers “avoid parallel parking” —  35 percent rated their parallel parking skills as “fair” or “poor.””

Then, I found these three photos on the WEB:

This is what I mean by making space!

This is what I mean by making space!

Small cars are easier to park - but getting them out ain"t easy!

Small cars are easier to park – but getting them out ain”t easy!

At Police training school they teach that patrol cars have an advantage - "no tickets"

At Police training school they teach you that patrol cars are easy to park – “no tickets”

Now for my observations in NYC 

Car roof after car roof - No breaks for parking.- A main street in Queens

Car roof after car roof – No breaks for parking.- This is a  main street in Queens

Does that say Bumper Bully - I think the driver can flip it up into the car when going into the church parking lot - Not good to declare oneself a "Bully" there.

Does that say Bumper Bully – I think the driver can flip it up into the car when going into the church parking lot – Not good to declare oneself a “Bully” there.

Another Bully - Wonder if the driver was a "Wanna be" playground Bully?

Another Bully – Wonder if the driver was a “Wanna be” playground Bully?

A firmer type of guard

A firmer type of guard

On the rear too - but look at the red car - did that come with the car or was it option equipment for NYC?

On the rear too – but look at the red car – did that rubberized gear on the bumper come with the car or was it optional equipment for NYC?

I think this receiver hitch was more to discourage "Pushing" than to pull a boat trailer

I think this receiver hitch was more to discourage “Pushing” than to pull a boat trailer

OOPS - Got "Pushed" just a little too hard - The driver has learned not to set the hand break - Just let 'em "push" you

OOPS – Got “Pushed” just a little too hard – The driver has learned not to set the hand break – Just let ’em “push” you

Pant broken on end of bumper - wonder how that could have happened?

Paint broken on end of bumper – wonder how that could have happened?

Now how do you think the driver got the wheel chair out of the car and unto the sidewalk?

Now, how do you think the driver parked this car, got the wheel chair out of the car, and then rode the wheelchair unto the sidewalk through this small space?

Now what is the story here - messed up bumper and a baby shoe hanging from the hitch?

Now what is the story here – messed up bumper and a baby shoe hanging from the hitch?

And how about this driver?

And how about this driver? Very careful not to push his/her luck with the “Receiver Hitch” on the car in front of them. Just push the one behind out of the way.

OOPS - how did that get in here - A Drummond Island traffic jam

OOPS – how did that get in here – A Drummond Island traffic jam