This is Street Wars, a weekly series on the battle for space on New York’s streets and sidewalks. Nia Smith, a born-and-bred Brooklyn resident, has long Covid and drives just about everywhere, every day. She got a car because she was having back problems, and she spends quite a bit of time thinking about parking. “Thursdays and Fridays are like the worst days to find a parking spot. He describes a familiar morning routine, moving his 2022 Kia Seltos out of the way of the street cleaner and then back.

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Persons: Nia Smith, Elya Shavrova, Jake Dann, Soury, Murray Hill, Kia Seltos, ” Organizations: Brooklyn Locations: Bedford, Stuyvesant, Ditmas