Several Brooklyn residents woke up to find their cars had been towed by police because someone had posted a No Parking sign on their street.
The sign, which claimed to ban parking on their street overnight, mysteriously appeared Monday or Tuesday, residents said, and then police started ticketing and towing cars parked there.
But the Department of Transportation says there are not any parking restrictions in the area and it does not know who posted the placard, which looks official.
Resident David Bourgeois said he had to pay $205 (€160) to retrieve his Mini Cooper, with a $60 (£33) ticket on the windshield, from a police pound Wednesday after it was hauled away.
"It's just outrageous," he told the Daily News for Friday editions.
The DOT said it would try to dismiss the ticket — and take down the No Parking sign
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