Braddock Road residents angry about yard sales
 |
| Merchandise being unloaded from a truck in front of 4010 Braddock Street. |
Fairfax County.
he says. “It feels like I live across the street from a Wal-Mart parking lot.”
of cars, turning Braddock from a residential street into a “major thoroughfare,”
with car horns blaring early in the morning. On Aug. 11, a shopper at the yard
sale at 4010 Braddock Road blocked his driveway, and he called the police after
seeing a pedestrian trying to cross the street almost get run over.
yard sales have been rotating from house to house. I’ve seen washers, dryers, microwaves,
and furniture. It’s beyond a yard sale.”
In fact, neighbors have noticed the goods being loaded and
unloaded from the same white truck at yard sales at different addresses on
Braddock week after week for the past few months. The goods, including large appliances, are often lined up next to the curb in the VDOT right-of-way.
4010 Braddock Aug. 11 with three other men, admitted getting the merchandise from
Craig’s List and keeping it at a storage facility. Suggs has also been spotted
managing yard sales at other houses along Braddock in recent months.
 |
| Traffic congestion on Braddock Road Aug. 11. |
These operations seem to be in violation of the Fairfax County ordinance that prohibits garage and yard sales in residential districts from
being held more than twice in any calendar year and requires them to be “limited
to items not specifically purchased for resale.”
have a lot of stuff to sell, they should open a store. All these cars backed
up, with people walking across the street—it devalues the residential character
of this neighborhood. The county is aware of what’s going on. Hopefully, the
county can do something about this.”
by and issued a warning. Another Braddock Road resident, Richard Zambito, who
has repeatedly complained to the police and county zoning officials, is “furious
they haven’t shut it down.” County officials have cited the owners of other houses on Braddock but the yard sales keep popping up at new locations.
“Obviously, there’s a market for this,” DiCuffa says, “so why not have a community flea market?” Mason District Park would be a good location, as well as central Annandale. The county could even make money selling permits, while the current yard sale operators aren’t paying taxes.
 |
| 4010 Braddock Road on Aug. 11. |
6 responses to “Braddock Road residents angry about yard sales”
Leave a reply
Do you really think this is going to be shut down when all they get is a warning? Where is the leadership in this community when they are needed? There is plenty of evidence by all the pictures the neighbors have taken but still nothing. Mason District Community needs a meeting with concerned citizens.
This is really sad because in most cases like this, the only recourse people find is to move away or rent to more people that are not invested in the neighborhood.
You also have people that are running illegal car repair businesses and day cares out of some homes
Dont forget the Boarding Houses and the four and five families living in apartments at Culmore neigborhood. Mason District is in disrepair.
We have tried to meet with the elected officials and we must thank the Blog for reporting this and neighbors for continually applying pressure on ffax county/supervisors office. DONT STOP PRESSURING THEM.
Parklawn Resident
Ditto to thanking the Annandale Blog! Great neighborhood reporting.
Penny Gross – please pay attention to this. It's a disgrace that you do not get involved and that it's left to a local blog to highlight something that you should have focused on months ago.