Does Tarrytown have a parking garage near the MTA train station? (White Plains: apartment, insurance)

[nwuboy]

I live in NYC and I'm planning on leaving my car in westchester county for long term parking. I only use it occasionally and the $500/mo in parking in NYC is killing me.

I'm considering the Tarrytown stop on the Hudson MTA line as a place where i could basically leave my car in a parking garage until I need to use it again.

Does anyone know if Tarrytown has covered-parking/garage near the train station? Anyone have any other westchester-area train stops they'd recommend looking at?

[Viralmd]

Why don't you just GET RID of the car and use a zip car when you need one?

[nwuboy]

Well, because zip car is at least $75-105 per day in NYC...so if I can leave the car in westchester for $100/mo and use it more than once a month...i'm better off keeping it. (it's old and paid off)

If I discover i'm not using it more than once a month, i'll dump it.

now...about that parking garage in Tarrytown...does it exist?

[wordlife]

yeah, there's a big parking lot right next to the train station. The funny thing is they used to even have 1 zip car by the metro north station but I don't think it's there anymore. The parking area got smaller within the last few years because they built a town hall in one of the lots and new apartment buildings.

[Viralmd]

Are there permits required for that parking lot? That's actually the problem with most of the lots near MTA stations.

I just think that, with the costs of registration, insurance, parking and maintenance, when amortized over a year, a zip car would be a more reasonable choice. But it's your money....

[wordlife]

yes you need a permit for that lot unfortunately. There are some other parking lots scattered around Tarrytown in proximity to the metro north but I don't know how hard it is to get a spot. I know there's a small lot by the YMCA on main street, but I don't know the situation whether its permit or something different.

I decided to do a little quick research and you can park there. Its pretty expensive though, I think viralmd is spot on about using a zipcar, but here's the info

Village of Tarrytown, NY - Village Parking
PARKING PERMITS
Note: annual permits run June 1 through May 31

Permit Type Annual Fee/Semi-Annual Fee

Resident $225/$160
Non-Resident $1,045/$625
Business $250/$190

and here's another small map of the parking directly around the metro north station
http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/parking/Tarrytown.pdf

The 2nd map is a little inaccurate though, the space it has listed by depot plaza/white street isn't parking anymore to my knowledge. Thats where they built a brand new town hall at, with a lawn and everything. There's some parking next to the building but I don't know if its for commuters or municipal workers.

[Viralmd]

I would also note that it's pretty common for there to be WAITING LISTS for the permits, as well. Some are YEARS long.

[wordlife]

in case your worried about waiting list, they just built a huge garage in white plains right by the hospital on longview(grove st/mlk blvd) between west post road and maple. I don't know the exact conditions but its about a 10-15 minute walk from the metro north.

[nonny]

I would investigate White Plains. There are a lot of parking lots there.

[Shet]

There is no waiting time for tarrytown resident as well as non resident. The annual and semi-annual starts from 1 Jun after which it is pro-rated. The rate is as what somebody else posted : Non-Resident $1,045/$625.

The non-resident one is right next to station on the river side. Its a large lot.