A foul pit of illegal Brooklyn parking that escaped the law for 15 years has been redeemed

A disheveled, overgrown spit of public land under the pounding traffic of the BQE has been freed from the scourge of dozens of illegally parked cars for the first time in decades.

The shambolic lot on Navy Street near Tillary Street had been used illegally for parking for dozens of years. Now, it’s dotted by signs warning that it’s a tow-away zone. Councilmember Lincoln Restler is taking credit for spurring the tickets and tows that cleared the lot.

He’s made placard abuse and illegal parking one of his top issues and said the former pop-up junkyard is only the beginning…

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