You can search for parking in Long Island City in Queens now.

Here is an screenshot:

Check out some of these signs:

We added the Washington Heights area in upper Manhattan quite some time ago, but just in case you missed it:

PrimoSpot has gathered the parking information for Astoria, Queens.

To date, this area has more one week parking and spots free of any restrictions that we have seen for the NYC metro area.

Note all of the green spots:

Bryan over at paperfoldables made us a cool foldable flyer. It has a retro green convertible with a detachable head and flip-out mobile phone. The driver inside is unhappy looking for parking, then she uses PrimoSpot on her mobile and finds a free place to park!

Before:	After:

Check it out:

Make Your Own:

1. Download the PDF.
2. Print it out on your best (color) printer.
3. Cut carefully along the dark lines.
4. Fold on the dotted lines.
5. Tape the flaps to the inside.
6. Have fun driving around your house and parking wherever you please!

We have added on-street parking and bike rack information for the Bushwick area in Brooklyn. Follow the link and check it out.

More one week parking:

Check out our new feature - bicycle rack locations and photos:

Just click the toggle bike racks link at the top while browsing the map and the bikes will drop in.

Please let us know what you think in the contact us section or add a comment to this posting.

"This website searches out nearly 20,000 listed street parking spots to tell you which are open, or which have meters that are about to run out. When you’re ready to park, you can look up what’s available on your phone and head to that spot, drastically cutting down the amount of frustration and wasted gas we experience prowling the streets for an open spot."

We added the ability to link to an exact point on the map, and embed PrimoSpot maps into your own site.

Use the link button on the right hand site of the map page:

The embeded maps look like this: (move it with your mouse)

You can easily add maps to your site by pasting the embed code into your site or blog. Here is some example HTML that you would need to use:

<iframe width="500" height="400" src="http://primospot.com/spots/embed?width=500&height=400&lat=40.727324&lng=-73.979294&q=embeded+location" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://primospot.com/spots?lat=40.727324&lng=-73.979294&q=embeded+location" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>

The important parts are the width, height (notice these are in the iframe definition and the link parameters) and the lat and lng parameters. The q parameter in the link is what will show in the search box. The lat and lng paramaters can be omitted if a valid address is used in the q paramater.

Be sure to let us know using the contact us form if you own a site and embed our parking maps.

Sarah is now one of our favorite people on the web! We just found out about this, or we would have posted earlier:

P.S. Tell your little brother we said hi.

We now have collected the information for the area around Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

There are some places where you can stay for one week, just south of Prospect Park.

Enjoy!

One of the questions we get a lot is What does no standing mean, exactly?

Well, for the NYC metro area, here is your answer.

Is this confusing? Yes.

Why? We will let you draw your own conclusions on this.

A: According to NYC.gov:

If a meter is broken, you can park for a maximum of one hour, even if the posted sign is for a longer time period. If the meter is missing, you can park for the maximum amount of time posted on the signs.

Short Answer:If the meter is broken, you can park for an hour. If the meter is missing, you still have to obey the posted hours of the parking sign.

It seems residents of Park Slope are not too happy about other people parking on their streets:

Check out this article in the New York Times

from the NYC.gov site: No standing except trucks loading and unloading. Where a posted sign reads "No Standing Except Trucks Loading and Unloading," no vehicle except a commercial vehicle, or a service vehicle as defined in the Section 4-01(b) (pdf) of the New York City Traffic Rules, may stand or park in that area, for the purpose of expeditiously making pickups, deliveries or service calls, and except that in the area from 35th St. to 41st St., Avenue of the Americas to 8th Avenue, inclusive, in the Borough of Manhattan between the hours of 7 am and 7 pm, no vehicle except a truck as defined in Section 4-13(a) (pdf) may stand or park for the purpose of expeditiously making pickups, deliveries or service calls.

A: It is a very complicated method involving pigeons, wing flapping generators, and wireless cameras. The good news is that day old bagels and bread are cheap, which should help to keep our costs down. We tried squirrels at first, but they quickly formed a union and nuts are too expensive.

Next question ...

Due to our tireless hard work, we have added a new area to the database. Please join us in welcoming Prospect Park, Brooklyn into the mix!

Even if you do not live here, you might want to check out the map for this area. The regulations are very relaxed compared to Manhattan, allowing you to keep a vehicle for one week stretches.

Manhattan drivers, marvel in the beauty of this:

* We sincerely apologize to anyone who might happen to live on these streets and see an increase in cars trying to park there.

A: You click the link provided on the window for that particular spot. It will open up a short form for you to give us some additional information.

It is the little link in the upper right that says incorrect info. If you know what the rules should be, by all means let us know!

The site is up again with the map and the parking data. We took what we learned during the beta run and put it to good use. We will be sending out the email to all of you that requested to be notified in the coming weeks.

We also now have photos for each of the locations on the map and Brooklyn is well on the way. The photos of the parking rules are all unique and we aim to take photos of every parking sign added to our web site.

You can see the photos on the map by clicking on a spot, then clicking the photo tab. Here is a sample: