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Parking Tips for Murray Hill and Financial District in New York City

Being located in New York City, we, at Parkit Labs, understand how tough it is to find on-street parking spaces in this city. Drivers need to keep an eye on all curbside spots, be aware of the traffic, read three to four parking signs at a glance and quickly slide into tight parking spaces. We have met some of our users on NY Tech Day two weeks ago and found that parking in some districts is even tougher for residents and visitors. As it is the reality of cities nationwide, we have scheduled a weekly blog post about city parking, hoping to help drivers plan ahead and park easily.

Following the kick-off post about San Diego parking tips last week, we will talk about two busy neighborhoods in New York City this week - Murray Hill and Financial District. Parking in Murray Hill and Financial District is hard because of different reasons: Murray Hill/Gramercy is known for massive housing and hospital complexes and the wide selection of restaurants, which have kept this area busy and hard to park during the entire day; The Financial District, which is busy in the daytime and quiet at night because of its historical landmarks and sky scraping business buildings, makes it a challenge to find on-street parking spots for weekday daytime. 

Parking in the Murray Hill Area

You will find no parking signs on most of the on-street spots, which prohibits parking from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. during weekdays.

There are several metered parking spots on 1st Avenue between 36th to 40th street, available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m during weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 7p.m. on Saturdays. 

For free daytime parking, try your luck on East Tudor City Pl (closed to 1st Ave.) between 41street to 43rd street or N 36th street between Tunnel Entrance St. and FDR Dr.

Parking in the Financial District

There are free parking spots available near Hudson River between Albany Street and Battery Pl. Just remember the street cleaning time is 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. Free on-street parking can also be found on Water Street and Front Street between Dove Street and Fulton Street. The street cleaning time is this area is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Limited time metered parking spots are available in the daytime on the north side of Gold Street, Pearl Street and Water Street.

Off-street Parking in the Financial District

Rapid Parking Industries: 25-27 Beekman Street, New York, NY 10038

Imperial Parking Systems: 2 Gold Street, New York, NY 10038

Icon Parking: 308 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007; 26 South William Street, New York, NY 10004

Quik Park: 70 West St., New York, NY 10006; 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004

Ggmc Parking: 90 Washington St # 2, New York, NY 10006

John Street Parking Corporation: 63 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005

Impark: 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041

Solutions to Parking Issues in San Diego

At Parkit Labs, we are always focused on tailoring our App for parking and traffic issues in different cities. Our mission this time is to help the city of San Diego to enhance services and quality of life for San Diegans.

With the data released from a California API by the AT&T San Diego Apps Challenge, the Parkit App is able to show users realtime highway incidents when they are searching for parking spots or planning driving routes. The new feature will be helpful to California commuters as we know how much driving has taken up their daily life. 

The Parkit App also helps drivers find parking spots and share the spots when they are able to leave. We have heard about complaints about the shortage of parking resources in San Diego. 

A study published by the government shows that in 2008, among 9108 downtown on-street parking spaces-which included 35 percent metered spaces and 38 percent unmetered spaces-the average weekday occupancy was 67 percent for daytime (11 a.m.-4 p.m.) and 64 percent for evening (6 p.m. - 10 p.m.). The average weekend occupancy was 53 percent for daytime and 48 percent for evening. Given that some areas such as the Columbia neighborhood might have a higher occupancy rate, there were still plenty of parking spaces available in most areas.

One major reason for the difficulty in finding parking spots is that drivers are used to circling around randomly instead of using a reliable source for directions. By connecting drivers in the same areas, the Parkit Labs App serves as a platform for drivers to share spots and help each other. San Diegans and travelers can now enjoy a less hectic parking process in the city. 

Please vote for Parkit Labs in the San Diego Apps Challenge. We need your support.

Parking Problem is a Strategic Problem for Cities

Do you imagine what the cities of the future could look like?  We, at Parkit Labs, know that technology moves so quickly that it would a shot of arrow in the dark to say anything truly tangible about the game-changing technologies in the next decade.

We, however, are aware of trends and we know that, without question, cars in the future are going to become electric at one point and require sophisticated servicing needs. Parking in cities will extend to more than just finding a place to leave your vehicle into potentially where cars to be serviced, recharged, and kept.

Smart parking models are at the forefront of this revolution. Join us. 

Parking Pain: New York City Tops the U.S.

The IBM Global Parking Survey, which surveyed 8,024 commuters from around the world, shows the top 20 international cities commuters face a daily headache of finding a parking spot. In the past year, more than 60% of drivers have abandoned their search for a space at least once. The report also estimates that over 30% of traffic in a city is caused by drivers searching for a parking spot. We, at Parkit Labs, see that this is a huge problem worldwide and hate to see spaces to going waste when there are hundreds of people looking for one. Share your spots with us, help another out, and pay it forward. 

New York City, where Parkit Labs is based, has the worst parking situation in the U.S. and ranks number 15 among 20 cities in the world. But, if you are complaining about not finding a spot here, just think that how many other residents have it far worse, in places like New Delhi, Bangalore, Beijing, Moscow, and Shenzhen. Thank goodness that you’re here and we are going to help you out. 

Stayed tuned and, in the meantime, use the Parkit app to find the parking sweet spot.