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Hi everyone, just a simple question about parking in Hoboken. The parking there can be a nightmare, I want to park my car there so I can take the subway into Manhattan. Could anyone tell me where I can park near the train station that doesn't require a fee? I recall the parking next to the station costing 20 dollars. I remember seeing along the coast that there was free parking, and it isn't too far from the station. If people could suggest anything to me, that'd be great. I don't mind walking a little.
Hi everyone, just a simple question about parking in Hoboken. The parking there can be a nightmare, I want to park my car there so I can take the subway into Manhattan. Could anyone tell me where I can park near the train station that doesn't require a fee? I recall the parking next to the station costing 20 dollars. I remember seeing along the coast that there was free parking, and it isn't too far from the station. If people could suggest anything to me, that'd be great. I don't mind walking a little.
You'll be walking more than a little and/or circling around the blocks in your car many times searching.
I am not sure anywhere exists in Hoboken that doesn't require you to pay for parking. A one-square-mile town with a population of 50,000 coupled with a train station/access to Manhattan--not great potential for free parking anywhere in there.
A better bet is to park in Jersey City and take the PATH from Exchange Place. There are garages that cost only $10 a day even on weekdays--one is four blocks up Montgomery Street, just past Warren Street - Gotham Garage/Little Man Parking. A five-minute walk to PATH. There are closer garages that cost more BUT the one at C Columbus Drive and Greene Street is only $10 for the day on the weekends (more during weekdays because it's closer to the PATH.
Thanks for the advice, I am not very familiar with Jersey City though I've been there a good amount of times, but I know Hoboken pretty well since I've been going there my whole life. I just got a car, so that's why I asked about the parking. I could swear that I've seen free parking in certain parts, especially along the coastline, but then again, those places would require some walking to get to the PATH station. I guess I could hope to get a spot on/near Washington St. and use a parking meter, I just don't want to pay the fee for using the lot by the station, especially since I go there so often.
I wouldn't even bother trying to park my car and commuting via path into NYC. Like the other poster said, JC is really a much better option. Journal Square area has plenty of options.
Most of the parking along Washington is metered and your time will expire. Other areas are 2 hour only or permit parking.
Very few if any available free parking in Hoboken.
Yeah, definitely drive to Jersey City. There are options near all three JC PATH stations that are much cheaper than anything in Hoboken. Depending on where you're coming from or going, Harrison might be the best option; parking there is the cheapest.
I wouldn't even bother trying to park my car and commuting via path into NYC. Like the other poster said, JC is really a much better option. Journal Square area has plenty of options.
Most of the parking along Washington is metered and your time will expire. Other areas are 2 hour only or permit parking.
Very few if any available free parking in Hoboken.
only "free" parking is in visitor spots that have a 4 hour limit.
Don't you think if there were free spots that you could use to commute into the city there would be tons of people using them and then there wouldnt be any?
Hi everyone, just a simple question about parking in Hoboken. The parking there can be a nightmare, I want to park my car there so I can take the subway into Manhattan. Could anyone tell me where I can park near the train station that doesn't require a fee? I recall the parking next to the station costing 20 dollars. I remember seeing along the coast that there was free parking, and it isn't too far from the station. If people could suggest anything to me, that'd be great. I don't mind walking a little.
Daniel, the "subway" doesn't run outside of New York City. You mean the PATH trains. And it would do you well to know that there is practically NO free parking available in Hoboken, especially during weekdays. Even residents living there oftentimes have to LEASE a parking spot when they close on a cookie-cutter condo with cardboard-thick interior walls, or RENT a parking permit from the Hoboken Parking Authority for the privilege to park on the street and get their bumpers dinged.
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Originally Posted by DanielNJ
Thanks for the advice, I am not very familiar with Jersey City though I've been there a good amount of times, but I know Hoboken pretty well since I've been going there my whole life. I just got a car, so that's why I asked about the parking. I could swear that I've seen free parking in certain parts, especially along the coastline, but then again, those places would require some walking to get to the PATH station. I guess I could hope to get a spot on/near Washington St. and use a parking meter, I just don't want to pay the fee for using the lot by the station, especially since I go there so often
You've been going to Hoboken your whole life, but just got your car. You sound somewhat young...
Here's a valuable lesson to any new drivers who want to park in a city like Hoboken: READ ALL PARKING SIGNS CAREFULLY. TWICE. AND THEN, READ THEM AGAIN!!!!
Here's why: It's true there is a four-hour parking limit for visitors in Hoboken. What you may not know, or understand from the carefully crafted yet legally-binding wording on the signs, is that the four hour limit is applied on a cumulative basis per calendar day per license plate. This translates as follows: Visitors may park on any street at any meter, provided it is not designated for residential or corner car parking, for a total of four hours per day, regardless of where the visitor parks. Metered parking hours end at 9PM.
Scenario: A visitor comes to Hoboken on Tuesday and figures they'll park on Washington St. and take the subway, er I mean the PATH trains, into Manhattan. They know they have a four hour limit, so they're in Manhattan for three hours, then they hop the PATH back to Hoboken before the third hour expires. The visitor quickly gets in their car and circles until they find another open space. They find one, pat themselves on the back for finding another open spot in Hoboken on a weekday, park, and feed the meter. Maybe this time they'll stay in Hoboken and help the local businesses (some of which scalp the residents during natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy), or take another trip across the river. Whichever they do, when they return to their car, they will be lucky to find a parking ticket, because they might just find a boot courtesy of the good folks at the HPA. Then, the visitor has to pay the boot removal fee AND the parking ticket.
This is accomplished because the HPA has the ability to electronically record each license plate that is parked at a meter, and each plate is assigned a four-hour limit per day regardless of wherever they are parked within city limits.
By the way, I don't intend the tone of my reply to sound condescending. I am very familiar with the situations in Hoboken, inclusive of parking, and know first-hand it is an excruciating mess in that city that no amount of flooding will wash away anytime soon.
^^^^ A similar warning for Jersey City. People see a space at the side of the road, park in it, run to go do whatever they came to do...and come out to find a boot on the car and a notice on where to go to pay the big fine to get it removed. There are signs indicating that it's permit parking only, but people don't look for them, and those little JCPA trucks are riding around and around just waiting to catch the unsuspecting. I see it all the time...people standing by their cars with the boot on the tire, reading the sticker slapped on their window, looking confused and searching for the sign they didn't see when they parked the car.
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