A furious bus driver says two Hasidic scofflaws have moved a city no-parking sign, cementing it into the sidewalk in front of a Williamsburg yeshiva — and squeezing out an MTA bus stop.
“There was no way I could park at the bus stop,” fumed Jamar Perry, who spied the sign heist on Franklin Avenue while driving the B48.
“Two Jewish guys were moving the pole. I saw them resetting it. They had fresh cement and made it look professionally done.”
The relocated sign stands about 30 feet from the bus stop on Franklin just north of Flushing Avenue. It prevents cars from parking in front of Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel so the religious school’s yellow buses can illegally park at the curb.
Fresh concrete can be seen as a yeshiva bus sits near an allegedly relocated sign in Williamsburg.
“When you’re in the middle of the street, bicyclists and motorcycles fly through there,” he said.
“You’re also unable to pick up a wheelchair at that stop because you can’t pull in. We’d have to nose in, and that’s against the law.”
Passengers are also fed up with the chosen parking.
“There’s a school bus that parks here every day,” said Mohsen, 26, an engineer who commutes to Bed-Stuy and would only give his first name. “To catch the bus, you have to go to the middle of the street and shake your hands. All the people are having the same problem.”
Perry suspects the sign stealers he saw in October had the chutzpah to grab the sign from around the corner on Flushing Avenue after a car knocked it down.
“I informed the union about it. I made a few complaints,” he said. “Nobody’s done anything.”
Tommy McNally, a safety officer from the Transit Workers Union, says sign-swapping “is a common problem in the Hasidic community.”
“These guys are just constantly moving these signs,” he said.
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