Where to park in New York
Find parking facilities in the city, with locations, prices when known and directions in one tap.
New York: good to know before you park
Meter prices by zone
NYC DOT sets meter prices by zone. For ordinary vehicles, the first hour costs US$5.50 in the Midtown core and Lower Manhattan (zone M1), US$5.00 elsewhere in Manhattan south of 96th Street (M2) and US$3.00 between 96th and 110th Streets (M3). Further out, it is US$2.50 in business districts such as Downtown Brooklyn, Downtown Flushing, Jamaica and 125th Street in Manhattan, US$2.00 on neighborhood shopping streets and US$1.50 everywhere else. The second hour costs more, and the maximum stay, from 1 to 15 hours depending on vehicle and block, is shown on the sign. In zones M1 and M2, meters marked Commercial Vehicles Only have their own rates.
Sundays free, pay by phone or by plate
Meters do not apply on Sundays or on the 6 major legal holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. You can pay with the free ParkNYC app in all 5 boroughs, with nothing to display on the dashboard, or at the meter by credit card, coins or NYC Parking Card. Since May 2024, starting in Manhattan, the city has been replacing old meters with pay by plate machines: you type your plate number and state, and no receipt is needed. At the remaining pay and display meters, put the receipt face up on the driver's side of the dashboard.
City garages with published prices
NYC DOT runs garages and lots in all 5 boroughs, payable by card, coins or ParkNYC. In Manhattan, the Delancey and Essex garage on Essex Street is open 24 hours: US$16.00 for the first hour, US$24.00 up to 2 hours, US$40.00 up to 10 hours and US$50.00 for 24 hours. Its Early Bird rate is US$24.00 if you enter between 6:00 and 9:00 and leave by 19:00. It lies well inside the congestion zone, so driving in means paying the toll as well. In Queens, the Queens Family Court garage on Archer Avenue, near the Jamaica subway and LIRR station, asks US$5.00 for the first hour and US$20.00 for the day.
Municipal lots close at night
The city's municipal parking fields do not allow overnight parking. Each closes at the time on its posted rules, and a car left after hours risks a summons, with no security on site. The Belmont field in the Bronx, for example, opens Monday to Saturday from 7:00 to 22:00 and costs US$2.00 per hour, with a 3 hour limit.
Holidays and Gridlock Alert Days
Besides the major holidays, street cleaning rules are also suspended on dozens of religious and cultural holidays, such as Lunar New Year, Eid al-Fitr, Passover, Yom Kippur or Diwali. On those days only the street cleaning signs stop applying: meters and every other rule stay in force. NYC DOT also names the busiest traffic days of the year Gridlock Alert Days, mostly weekdays in late September, November and December.
Sources:NYC DOT, Parking Meters (rates, pay by plate, ParkNYC), NYC DOT, Municipal Parking Facilities, NYC DOT, Alternate Side Parking suspension calendar 2026, NYC DOT, Gridlock Alert Days. Information checked in October 2026.
Finding a car park in New York
This page lists 146 parking facilities in New York, with their exact location, whether they are free or paid when known, and directions in one tap. Free: 0. Paid: 146. No price data: 0. By type: 1 underground, 13 multi-level and 32 surface.
Data comes from Icon Parking, LAZ Parking / Metro-North, Little Man Parking, Mount Sinai Hospital Parking, NYC DOT, NewYork-Presbyterian, Port Authority of NY & NJ and The Metropolitan Museum of Art: when a price is not published, we do not make one up.