The Parking Services Department announces the conversion of the Board of Education (BOE) North parking from single meters, requiring quarters and smart cards, to a centralized meter with a pay by phone option.
The upgrade will allow users to pay with cash, coins, credit cards and smartphone. This feature currently exists in the Island Beach and Horseneck lots but we are now introducing this to the downtown business district. The MSM machine works like an ATM.
Patrons will have to type in their license plate and simply follow the step by step instructions on the screen or pay by phone using the ParkMobile app found in the App Store (iPhone) or in Google Play (Android phones). Users must sign up for the app and input the Parking Zone number for that lot and ParkMobile will safely store their information. There is a minimal convenience fee to use the app.
This feature is now available in the BOE North lot, located at 290 Greenwich Avenue, features a new centralized Multi-Space Meter (MSM) that accepts cash, coins and credit card as well as the pay by phone option. Grigg Street lot as well as Mason/Milbank lot will have these features and those lots will be launched within a matter of weeks.
Parking Services anticipates breaking ground in the Benedict North and South lot shortly followed by the Lafayette (Volunteer) parking lot, Liberty Way lot, Amogerone and the Bruce Lot within the next year. Single meter heads will continue to operate in each lot for a short period of time at the same time the MSMs are operational so people can use up their smart cards.
The smart card option will be eliminated from all of the parking lots except for Greenwich Avenue.
