Reach the driver.Not the system.
Someone's car is blocking your driveway. Scan the badge in its window and the driver's phone lights up — no app for you, no number for them, no 311 for anyone. The same app knows every sign and hydrant in the city, tells you when street cleaning is, pays your tickets, finds your car if it's towed and puts a verified mechanic one tap away. Watch the reach happen, in real seconds:
A blue Camry is parked across your driveway. The driver signed up so you can reach them directly.
- —You sent the message
- —Driver was notified
- —Driver opened it
- —Driver responds
Your name and number are never shown. No account needed.
Your blue Camry is blocking a driveway on Bay 34th St.
Answer here and they may not need to call 311.
In the app. Five situations you know.
The sign says one thing.
Reachy says when to move.
Reachy knows every sign, hydrant and street-cleaning rule in the city. It turns them into one sentence about your car — and reminds you before the ticket, not after.
East side · engine off 8:03 AM · from the sign 40 ft ahead
11:30am – 1pm
Tuesdaystreet cleaning
- hydrant
- clear · 18 ft
- meter
- none
- risk
- low
Not just an open spot.
One you can keep.
Other apps show where a car might fit. Reachy ranks spots by how long you're actually allowed to stay there — so you park once.
Ranked by how long you can stay.
- Bay 34th, east side2 min walk · fits 2 carsuntil thu 11:30
- Benson Ave4 min walk · meter2 hr max
- 86th St6 min walkuntil tue 8:30
Towed?
Know in ten seconds, not two hours.
Plate in, answer out: which pound, why, what to bring, how to get there. And if you're the one who needs a tow, request it from the same screen.
Checked against tow records just now.
- bring
- license · registration · insurance
- hours
- Mon–Sat 7am–11pm
- get there
- 22 min · directions
Check engine,
in one sentence.
The same plug that tells Reachy you've parked reads the fault codes. You get what it means, how urgent it is, and what to tell the mechanic — before the mechanic tells you.
Not an emergency. Drive normally, get it looked at within a week — it will fail inspection if you don't.
- seen
- 3 times · since Aug 30
- typical fix
- $900 – $2,400
- nearby
- 4 verified mechanics
Ticket on the windshield?
Pay it in two taps. Or fight it.
Every fine on your plate in one place — what it's for, when it's due, and whether it's worth contesting. No city website, no line at the window.
KXT 4471 · checked just now
- status
- unpaid · 18 days left
- if late
- +$10 penalty, then +$20
- defense
- sign was obscured · photo on file
Nothing works in this city. This does.
- Call 311, hold, describe the car
- Wait for a patrol that may not come
- Tow request, more waiting
The driver finds out from a ticket
The driver — who'd have moved in two minutes — is the last to know.
- Scan the badge. One tap.
- Driver's phone lights up 00:03 · opens it 00:45
- "Moving now" — one tap back at 01:10
- Car gone at 03:00. Nobody called anyone.
Thirty-minute hard cap. Both people watch the same clock — the one running on the phones above, in real seconds.
The advantage. Every time Reachy shows up.
The neighbor installs nothing.
Any camera opens the badge. No account, no name, no plate. Drivers get the app with one phone number.
Push that wakes a dead phone. SMS behind it.
Time-sensitive push on iOS and Android, carrier-registered SMS as the fallback. Seconds, not hours.
Both screens change the instant anything happens.
Sent, opened, answered — pushed live. Three neighbors on one car? One message: "3 people need your car moved."
The car tells the app it's parked.
OBD over Bluetooth: engine off means parked, on iPhone and Android alike. No motion guessing.
Every parking sign in NYC, machine-read.
DOT sign data, hydrants, curb geometry and the suspension calendar compiled into one answer: how long can I stay here.
No plates stored. No lookups. No location trail.
The badge serial is the only key. Every message traces to a consent the driver gave. Nothing is sold or handed to a tow operator.
The badge
A credential.
Not a sticker.
- Mount
- Static cling, frame-mounted. No adhesive, no residue. Revoked in seconds.
- Reads at
- 3 m as a mark · 1 m as a code — side and rear glass, never the windshield.
- 3×4 in · matte laminate · UV-stable · pure-black modules · error-correction M.
- Serial
- One number, one driver. Lost badge → deactivated, not guessed.
- Premium
- Frosted etched-look for cars where a sticker is sacrilege.
Ship log live
Four things to know. Nothing else.
01Mount the badge+
- Rear side window, driver's side, lower corner. Never the windshield.
- Clean glass, water only. Slide the insert into the frame, QR facing out.
- Scan it yourself from three metres. If your phone opens it, everyone's will.
02You're blocked in+
- Camera at the code. Tap the link. No app.
- Notify the driver. Add one line if you want. Stay anonymous.
- Watch the clock. You'll see the text land, open, and get answered.
- Tap "The car is gone." Done for both of you.
03You got the text+
"Someone needs to get out." Tap the private link, pick one:
- Moving now — five-minute move window, visible to them.
- Need ~15 min — honest, usually fine.
- I'm not near the car — they find out now, not in 30 minutes.
Any answer beats silence. Silence is what gets 311 called.
04Nobody answered+
When the 30-minute window closes, Reachy shows you the next step — no red, no drama.
- Photo of the plate and the driveway.
- 311 — "a car is blocking my driveway." Save the request number.
- Driver shows up first? Tap "The car is gone — stop this." Always reversible.
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