2008 Guide to Queens - Queens Tribune Blue Book

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Municipal Parking Spots

In Queens many residents rely on their cars to get about town for groceries, to visit friends, to go to work and more, so finding street parking is often a challenge. But with ample municipal parking lots, finding parking spaces in this borough is a little easier.

Parking meters and Muni-Meters no longer have to be paid on Sundays. The Department of Transportation is in the process of changing signs throughout the city to reflect this new parking rule but it will take some time before the thousands of parking signs can be updated. Despite what is stated on these signs, motorists can park at meters on Sundays without paying.

Most municipal parking spaces have been supplied with Muni-Meters, replacing 20th Century coin meters, and offering a new-millennium method of paid parking.

Muni-Meter Payment

Coin Payment
1.) Insert one quarter for each 30-minute unit of time desired, and indicate space number, if required.
2) Press green button to end purchase and take receipt.
3) Display receipt on vehicle dashboard.

Parking Card Payment
1) Insert Card and indicate space number, if required.
2) Press blue button to purchase time units.
3) Press green button to end purchase and take receipt
4) Display receipt on vehicle dashboard.

Cards are available in $15, $20, $15, and $50 denominations, and may be purchased by calling 786-6334 or 786-7042, or by writing to NYC DOT, Pre-Paid Parking Unit, 34-02 Queens Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11101.

Credit Card Payment
1) Insert your card and purchase desired amount of parking time by pressing the blue button.
2) Press the green button to begin the authorization. If your transaction is approved a receipt will be generated. If it is not approved the meter will display "transaction denied." You should call your card issuer to find out why.
3) Place your receipt on the drivers' side of your dashboard so that it displays the entire receipt.
4) If your card gets stuck in the machine or does not come out on its own, you can use the red "cancel" knob to eject the card. If your card does not eject, call 311 for assistance. A technician will come to help you. If you cannot wait for your card, call your financial institution and cancel your credit card immediately.

Lots of Lots
Western Queen

Astoria Municipal Parking Field - Triborough Bridge and the Hoyt Avenue Station of the N Subway Line. 134 spaces; includes five handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Broadway / 31st Street Municipal Parking Field - East side of 31st Street just South of Broadway, with vehicular access on both 31st and 32nd Streets. 63 spaces; includes three handicap spaces. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Court Square Municipal Parking Garage- Located near the E, F, G & R Subway Lines and the Long Island Railroad, the garage serves the Court Square area, the Court House, and the Citicorp Building. Monthly and quarterly permits are also available at a reduced rate. 744 spaces; includes 38 handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Cashier/Toll Operation.

Ditmars #1 and #2 Municipal Parking Field - West side of 33rd Street between Ditmars Boulevard and 23rd Avenue. Ditmars #1 Field has 57 spaces; includes three handicap spaces. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards. Ditmars #2 Field has 70 spaces; includes three handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Steinway #1 and #2 Municipal Park Garages - Steinway #1 is located at the intersection of 30th Avenue, one block west of Steinway Street. 89 spaces, includes four handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards. Steinway #2 is located on Steinway Street between 31st Avenue and Broadway. 46 spaces; includes two handicap spaces. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Sunnyside Municipal Parking Field - This facility extends along Queens Boulevard beneath the elevated tracks of the #7 train from 32nd Street to 48th Street. 543 spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Eastern Queens

Bayside Municipal Parking Field - 41st Avenue via 214th Place just east of Bell Boulevard. 93 spaces; includes four handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

College Point Municipal Parking Field - Northerly end of the College Point Boulevard Shopping and business strip. There is a vehicular entrance directly off College Point Boulevard, at 14th Avenue. 35 spaces; includes two handicap spaces. Near shopping. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Central Queens

Flushing #1 Municipal Parking Field - 37th Avenue, Union Street, 39th Avenue, and 138th Street. 1101 Spaces; includes 21 handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Flushing #2 Municipal Parking Field - Accessible from either 38th Avenue or 39th Avenue, west of Main Street. 89 spaces; includes four handicap spaces. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Flushing #3 Municipal Parking Field - Located adjacent to the Long Island Railroad Station, with access on 41st Avenue just west of Main Street. 157 spaces; includes six handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Flushing #4 Municipal Parking Field - Northern Boulevard viaduct on the east side of College Point Boulevard. It provides short-term as well as long-term parking. Quarterly parking permits are also available. 93 spaces; includes three handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Queensboro Hall Municipal Parking Garage - Near the E, F & R Lines at Union Turnpike located near Queensboro Hall and the Queens Criminal Court House. The QM21; X63, 64 & 68 express bus is one block away. Vehicular access is from either Queens Boulevard at the corner of 82nd Avenue and 126th Street, or Union Turnpike via 126th Street, or 137th Street off 82nd Avenue. 916 spaces; includes 19 handicap spaces. Park and Ride. Cashier/Toll Operation/Metered. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Southern Queens

Far Rockaway #2 Municipal Parking Field - Beach 21st Street, between Mott and Cornaga Avenues, at the Far Rockaway Terminal of the A Train Subway Line. 78 spaces; includes four handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Rockaway Park Municipal Parking Field - East side of Beach 116th Street just south of Beach Channel Drive at the Terminal of the Rockaway Park A Line. 150 spaces; includes six handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters and NYC Parking Cards.

Queens Village Municipal Parking Field - Adjacent to the Queens Village Station of the Long Island Railroad at Jamaica Avenue, West of Springfield Boulevard. 51 Spaces; includes three handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Metered Facility. Accepts quarters, dollar coins and NYC Parking Cards.

Rosedale Municipal Parking Field - Rosedale Station of the Long Island Railroad at North Conduit Avenue and Francis Lewis Boulevard. 280 spaces; includes seven handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Unattended Facility.

Queens Family Court Garage - This is an attended self-park garage at 150-07 Archer Ave. in the heart of downtown Jamaica. 210 spaces; includes five handicap spaces. Park & Ride. Cashier/Toll operation.