street parking

I%26#39;m considering a trip to NYC in the next month, we are driving up and was wondering, can we just park on the street somewhere for a couple of days, instead of having to pay for parking in a garage? Thanks

street parking

Good luck! I don%26#39;t drive, but my guess is that it takes a graduate degree to decipher our alternate side parking regulations. You%26#39;ve got to move the car to the other side of the street every other morning before 8 a.m., and it can%26#39;t go back until after 11:00. That%26#39;s assuming you have a space in the first place! Sometimes people just sit in their cars for three hours.

street parking

You absolutely will NEVER find a spot ';for a couple of days.'; You%26#39;d be lucky to find a spot on the street for 1 day but it can be done depending on where and when. One option is go to iconparking.com and see what they have near where you%26#39;re staying and how much it will cost. Ofcourse, you could also look for their cheapest option wherever it is in Manhattan and then just take transport to your hotel. Where are you staying?

Depending on where you are staying on street parking may be available.

In much of Manhattan, there is alternate side of the street parking

where you can%26#39;t park on Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday for 90 minutes, either from 8;30 to 10 AM or 11:30 to 1 PM,

In other parts of Manhattan the hours for no parking are for three hours from 8 AM to !1 AM or 11 AM to 2 PM on either Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday. No alternate side regulations on Wednesday or Saturday - you can park all day.

Example - you are in area where you can%26#39;t park on Monday and Thursday for 90 minutes beginning at 8;30 AM. You park the car at 10 AM on Monday. You don%26#39;t have to move the car until Thursday at 8:30. The closer you try to park after 10 AM the better the chance of getting a parking spot.

Those New Yorkers who do the alternate side dance, and there are many thousands, who must move their can will double park next to a car on the other side of the street. This is not legal but rarely, if ever, will you find such a car has been ticketed for double parking.

Some years back the city decided to ticket these double parkers. There was such an uproar the city backed down. That hasn%26#39;t happened since to my knowledge. .

If I were staying in midtown I would hesitate to look for alternate side parking since it is limited. If I were staying above 72nd Street I would give it a shot if you are staying for a few days.

Just be sure to read the parking signs posted on every street to determine what parking regulations are in effect for that street.,

I have a headache just reading these posts. And I%26#39;m someone who has by necessity had their car in New York innumerable times. Find a garage and don%26#39;t worry about it.

I learned, early on, that you shouldn%26#39;t tell people how to spend their money. The person who posted the note stated clearly he would like to avoid paying a garage for parking. Tell that person the problems encountered looking for a legal spot but don%26#39;t dismiss his desire to save money by telling him to park in a garage. To be useful provide alternatives and on street parking is an alternative however difficult it might be.

rgf, point taken. But it%26#39;s one thing to find street parking if you%26#39;re driving in from CT or NJ for the day to go to a museum or something - I did that many times, and I would circle the area a couple of times and only go to a garage if I had to - I often got lucky with on-street parking.

But it%26#39;s very different to want to park ';for a couple of days';, don%26#39;t you agree?

One ticket and it will cost more than the garage.

But, there is the possibility that they might be here around a holiday, in which case the alternate street parking might work to their advantage, and they might be lucky enough to find a spot that they wouldn%26#39;t have to move for a couple of days - here%26#39;s the link.

nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/scrintro.html

Street parking fior several days will be very difficult in Manhattan, although it would be easier if y ou tried it in one of the other boroughs and then took the subway into town.

Notice that the way to interpret parking signs is to read them from the top downward -- the one on the top of the ';totme pole'; takes precedence, the one underneath applies when the top one is not in effect, and so on.

I don%26#39;t want to hear any nonsense that you did not know that ';No standing'; applied to your car, rather than to people on the sidewalk. ;o)

In Manhattan a car can be parked for 72 hours before it has to be moved. It can be left for 94 hours before moving if it is over a weekend and you are on the Tuesday/Friday side.

If alternate side is canceled on a Friday the car can be left from Tuesday to the following Tuesday at either 10 AM or 1 PM. There are five Friday cancelations iN 2006

rqf, the NYC Traffic Rules say that where there are signs, they must be followed, while in those places in NYC where there are no signs, a non-commercial vehicle may be parked for up to seven days. Where did you find this rule about 72 hours in Manhattan?

In my neighborhood the alternate side parking is in effect Monday and Thursday and Tuesday and Friday from 11:30 to 1 PM. If you park you car on Monday at 1 PM (on the Mon/Thur. side) it does not have to be moved until Thursday at 11:30 AM. It can remain parked for 70 hours and 30 minutes, not 72 hours