Roosevelt Island Residents Still Unable To Park By Empty Street and Lot On Queens Side Of Goldwater Hospital But Some Park In Tennis Club Lot

Empty Weekend Street On Queens Side of Goldwater Hospital

A post from last October reported:

Some Southtown residents living in Roosevelt Island's Riverwalk buildings are not very happy with the lack of parking spaces close to their apartments. They complain of very few street parking spots and being too far from the Motorgate Parking garage for it to be convenient.

As a result, they have been parking on the Queens side street adjacent to Goldwater Hospital on weekends, when the street is nearly empty of employees and visitors, but have recently been advised of a decision by Goldwater to prohibit weekend parking on the that side of their facility....

Soon thereafter, RIRA President Frank Farance spoke with RIOC VP of Operations Fernando Martinez about the parking situation at Goldwater. Mr. Farance wrote in his October 9 RIRA message:

... Martinez is working with the Coler-Goldwater hospital to make some of the south campus employee parking available, which mostly benefits Southtown, Sportspark, and the tennis bubble.

Empty Weekend Goldwater Hospital Parking Lot

Are Roosevelt Island residents now allowed to park at the Queens side Goldwater Hospital Parking lot on weekends? I asked RIOC President Steve Shane:

Has there been any update to the weekend parking situation on the Queens side of Goldwater Hospital. I could be wrong but I seem to recall you indicating that a discussion was going on with the Hospital that would let residents park there on weekends. Several Riverwalk residents have been asking me about this and wondering if they can park there on weekends.

Mr. Shane replied by forwarding this statement from Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department Chief Keith Guerra.

No. Permission for residents to park there has not been granted. I believe your last response was that folks park at their own risk. If we receive a complaint,PSD will enforce.

Mr. Shane commented:

Fyi. Not a clear statement, but it is what it is.

Some Riverwalk residents are also illegally parking in the grass lot across from the Commons Area and Bar that is supposed to be reserved for the Tennis Club patrons during the Tram outage but which has been used by the Tennis Club for the past year even though the Tram has been in operation.

Southtown Parking Lot Used For Exclusive Benefit of Tennis Club