PrimoSpot Blog

We got a a mention in treehugger.com - 20 Ways Your iPhone Can Save You Gas, Energy, Time and Money.

"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 are 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."

Our thanks go out to the people over at treehugger.com.

The google maps blog googlemapsmania.com wrote up a New York google maps round up and included us in the list.
Thanks!

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)

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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=Union+Square,NYC" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://primospot.com/spots?lat=40.727324&lng=-73.979294&q=Union+Square,NYC" 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.

We added in the parking information for Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Those of you who are headed there should have a little help now finding on-street parking.

We have added in the on-street parking information for Harlem. Use the feedback form if you find any errors.

The rules are being temporarily suspended for Gowanus, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill while the signs are being updated. The regulations for Park Slope which were previously suspended are back in effect on Monday. Check out the news post on wnbc.

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

Thank You Sarah.

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!

It is on the way, trust us! There is no rest in the PrimoSpot bed.

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.