PrimoSpot Blog

We are proud to announce our newest feature on the site, the Real-Time Garage Price Chart. While browsing the map for parking garages, the left hand column of the site will show the hourly, daily, and monthly prices in a comparison chart. These prices load fast as you move the map!

The chart is sorted by hourly price, so zooming out the map means that you see cheaper prices. Clicking on the column headers will sort by that type. To see the best monthly parking rates for a given area, search or move the map, then click monthly column header on top of the chart. Try it out (and let us know what you think in our Feedback section).

Check out a screen shot of some garages around union square:

You can now find a place to park using one of our embedded parking maps on the Katz's delicatessen website.

If you have never heard about Katz's, check out this documentary about Katz's by Yura Dashevsky.

The New York City Council’s committees on Transportation and Consumer Affairs held a joint hearing on June 15, 2009, to discuss a proposed amendment to existing zoning laws that would create thousands of parking spaces for bicycles around the city.

The amendment proposes that, "The operator of every garage and parking lot that has an authorized capacity of fifty-one or more motor vehicle spots shall provide and maintain parking spaces for bicycles."

The amendment was first introduced in 2008 and has been the subject of several hearings by the committees on Transportation, Housing and Buildings and Consumer Affairs in the past; however, co-sponsor Councilman David Yassky (D-33) said that he hoped the bill could “get passed quickly” before the Council breaks for the summer.

PrimoSpot is planning on launching a bicycle specific mobile app in the near future. We will be updating the story as it develops.

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Ralph Blumenthal recently wrote an interesting and witty article for the New York Times focusing on how confusing parking can be in Manhattan:

article on NYTimes cityroom blog

The piece reinforced what we already knew: that parking has become a gigantic problem for commuters on a daily basis, particularly in a crowded metropolitan area like New York City. And the city certainly does not make it easy to understand. One of the main reasons we created PrimoSpot was to make parking less painful - to simplify the signs and regulations, and help people find parking more easily. Less driving, less wasted gas and time!

We are proud to announce that we have partnered with parkitguides.com to provide you with printed guides and maps of over 1100 parking garages in NYC. Parkit! Guides also offers many other useful maps showing where all of the gas stations and highway entrances are located and more. The site has great parking and driving advice to avoid traffic tickets, parking tickets, and EZ-Pass Violations.

Check out a sample chapter from the book.

We just finished the Coney Island area in Brooklyn. Bay Ridge coming soon!

Sending a big "thank you" to all our users who have been providing us with great feedback! You're our connection to keeping the information on the site as up-to-date as possible. Whenever we receive any changes or updates to the regulations, we verify them before making any edits. Please be patient, sometimes it may take awhile for feedback to go into effect. That being said, we really appreciate the comments. Keep them coming!

As a follow-up to our earlier July '08 blog posts, starting several months ago, the city has been overhauling the parking regulations in various Brooklyn neighborhoods, including Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus and Red Hook. Thank you everyone for informing us of parking updates in these areas! We are aware of the changes. Our pigeons and wing flapping generators are working at maximum capacity to bring you the updated information. In the meantime, check out the following NY Times articles for details about the affected neighborhoods:

Red Hook Parking Rules Will Be Suspended Next Monday

Next Step in Easing of Brooklyn Parking Rules

Thanks Sarah! We are glad you like it.

You can now find free parking and garages with our new iPhone application:

• Fast native iPhone app with interactive map
• Parking information loads in as you pan and zoom
• Use current location and our unique driving mode which moves the map as you move
• Search history saved for later use
• Save where you are parked and add notes
• Much more -- see full description and screen shots