(Photo: Illustration by Istvan Banyai)

�At full capacity, we probably have close to $100,000 worth of strollers under our control,� says stroller valet Bobby Young. �And we’ve never lost one.� Young, 41, lives in Ditmas Park, and he works as a proofreader and dog-walker. Lately, he’s been picking up part-time stroller work at Brookfield Place. During big events, Young and his partner set up a tent and try to round up the strollers as people come in with their kids. �I’m more of the guy who waves the flag on the street to try to get people to park, and my partner is the one that actually parks the stroller,� Young explains. Young got the job through a friend at an event company who recognized the benefit of parking what he calls the �Sherman tanks� outside. The company pays them $250 per five-hour shift, and while they don’t put out a tip jar, Young finds a lot of people give him cash anyway. �We don’t have a great system,� he says. �When they come to pick them up, we are like, �Which one is yours?’ And they’re like, �The big black one.’ �