New York City Parking Meter Rate Zones

New York City's five boroughs contain defined geographic zones for parking meter rates. The dataset is produced by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) to reflect neighborhood parking conditions. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Map rate zone boundaries to analyze spatial distribution of parking costs across neighborhoods.
• Join zone data with traffic or land use datasets to study correlations between rates, density, and demand.
• Validate or update parking cost information in mobile applications using the official NYCDOT zone definitions.

Strengths

• Covers all five boroughs of New York City, a major metropolitan area.
• Provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and RDF.
• Maintained by the authoritative city agency (NYCDOT) and updated as of April 2026.

Limitations

• The dataset represents zones as 'large geographic areas', which may lack precise meter-level granularity.
• Specific data volumes like row count and individual column names are not provided.
• Rates are for informational purposes only and require verification at the physical meter or official app.

Provenance

Source

City of New York, New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT).

Collection Method

Set by NYCDOT to reflect neighborhood parking conditions such as land use, density, and demand.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-05.

Geography

New York City, covering the five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island).