I also live in a cul-de-sac in NYC where people nose their cars in between the driveways because they cant fit parallel. Its a small cul-de-sac and people cant even turn around in it. Its terrible. One cop said "Duhhh I dont know if its illegal". Are there written laws that clearly state rules of cul-de-sac parking? Thanks!
ETA: The cop is likely not a parking enforcement officer, so he'd have to look it up (like I just did):
(m) Additional parking rules. (1) Wrong way parking prohibited. Except where angle parking is authorized, every vehicle stopped, standing, or parked partly upon a roadway shall be so stopped, standing or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway. On a one-way roadway such vehicle shall be facing in the direction of authorized traffic movement; on a two-way roadway such vehicle shall be facing in the direction of authorized traffic movement on that portion of the roadway on which the vehicle rests.
(2) Angle standing or parking. No person shall place a vehicle at an angle to the curb, except when such angle placement is authorized by these rules or by signs or markings. Notwithstanding the above, no vehicle that is too long and/or too wide to be parked within a single designated parking space shall be parked in such a space which is designated for angle parking.
From http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/trafrule.pdf