Parking Watchdog Issues Citizen Citations

Drivers in Park Slope have started finding notes under the windshields of their parked cars

Flickr/David Boyle in DC

Alan Neuhauser

DNAinfo.com New York

BROOKLYN — A Park Slope resident has reportedly taken the law into his — or her — hands, hoping to shame shoddy parkers by issuing citizen citations.

Last week, drivers returning to their parked cars began finding rectangular white notes slipped under their windshield wipers, stating, "Your vehicle has been cited for excessive and inefficient use of parking space," CBS New York reported Monday.

The note, which begins "Dear Neighbor/Visitor," has no legal basis. Instead, it asks motorists, "as a courtesy of other drivers," to make sure "to maximize the use of the parking spaces near your vehicle."