Parking Changes Coming to Main Street

COOPERSTOWN—Following Labor Day weekend, the Village of Cooperstown will be making a few changes to the parking regulations on the south side of Main Street to promote increased safety as well as local business.

Striping will take place after repaving, which is scheduled in September, for Main Street and Nelson Avenue. There will be two new 15-minute spaces in front of Rudy’s Wine and Liquor at 143 Main Street to serve stores and restaurants in that block. These will facilitate picking up take-out food and getting heavy and large purchases to patron’s vehicles. There is no parking fee for 15-minute spaces throughout the year.

The trolley stop in front of Baseballism at 131 Main Street will be eliminated. That space will become 15-minute parking spaces and a fire lane in front of the fire hydrant. The 15-minute spaces will allow quick access to the ATM, bank, pizzeria and other stores. The 15-minute spaces in front of KeyBank will become standard parking spaces during the off-season.

Next summer, during the trolley season, that area will become a new, safer trolley stop with better sight lines for pedestrians, riders and drivers. These changes were initiated by local business owners, and village officials are pleased to have been able to work with them. A public hearing on these changes was held on July 22.