Page 37 of NYC Traffic Rules by NYC & Company, Inc.

section 4-08 and/or too wide to be parked within a single designated parking space shall be parked in such a space which is designated for angle parking 5 no parking except authorized vehicles where a posted sign reads no parking except authorized vehicles no vehicles except those designated by a rider attached to such sign may park in that area 6 no parking hotel loading zone no person shall park a vehicle in such zone except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers and their personal baggage at hotels e general no stopping zones stopping standing and parking prohibited in specified places no person shall stop stand or park a vehicle in any of the following places unless otherwise indicated by posted signs markings or other traffic control devices or at the direction of a law enforcement officer or as otherwise provided in this subdivision 1 traffic lanes in any lane intended for the free movement of vehicles except a lane immediately adjacent to the curb unless such lane is designated by signs as a traffic lane and except as otherwise provided in subdivision f paragraph 1 below in no instance shall a vehicle extend more than 8 feet from the nearest curb 2 hydrants within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant unless otherwise indicated by signs or parking meters except that during the period from sunrise to sunset if standing is not otherwise prohibited the operator of a passenger car may stand the vehicle alongside a fire hydrant provided that the operator remains in the operator s seat ready for immediate operation of the vehicle at all times and starts the motor of the car on hearing the approach of fire apparatus and provided further that the operator shall immediately remove the car from alongside the fire hydrant when instructed to do so by any member of the police fire or other municipal department acting in his/her official capacity 3 sidewalks on a sidewalk 4 intersections within an intersection except on the side of a roadway opposite a street which intersects but does not cross such roadway and except as provided in paragraph 5 below 5 crosswalks in a crosswalk 6 street excavations alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping standing or parking would obstruct any traffic lane 7 tunnels and elevated roadways within a highway tunnel or upon an elevated or controlled access roadway when all lanes are normally available for moving traffic 8 divided highways parking standing and stopping are prohibited alongside the median dividing a highway into two or more separate roadways however alongside the medians of certain segments of such divided highways the department may post signs restricting parking standing and stopping alongside the medians of such segments only on specified days and/or hours wherever such signs are so posted on a segment of a divided highway parking standing and stopping are permitted alongside the median of such segment on the days and/or hours when parking standing and stopping are not specifically prohibited by such signs on segments of such highway where such signs are not posted parking standing and stopping alongside the median are prohibited at all times for the purposes of this paragraph a segment of a divided highway is the area of such highway between adjacent intersections 9 bicycle lanes within a designated bicycle lane 26

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