Who Are NYC’s Worst Sidewalk Hogs? Keep Those Tweets Coming
There's still time to submit your photos of sidewalk-hogging businesses.
By
Brad Aaron
2:12 PM EDT on July 7, 2014

There’s still time to submit your photos of sidewalk-hogging businesses.
Inspired by Clarence Eckerson’s pics of a car dealership that swallowed a new sidewalk extension in Sunnyside, we’re looking for other examples across the city. Readers who tweet the most shameless #sidewalkhogs shots will be rewarded with Streetfilms DVDs. Be sure to include location info in your tweets.
Here’s some of what we’re seeing so far.
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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