New York City Parking Meter Rates by Blockface

New York City's Department of Transportation provides parking meter rates for blockface segments across the five boroughs. Rates are set to reflect neighborhood-specific conditions like land use, density, and parking demand. The dataset was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial distribution of parking rates across boroughs using blockface segments.
• Model parking demand by correlating posted meter rates with neighborhood land use and density.
• Validate or update parking rate information in mobile applications like ParkNYC against official blockface data.
• Study the relationship between commercial zones and parking rates using the provided blockface segments.

Strengths

• Covers all five boroughs of New York City, a major metropolitan area.
• Data is updated with a future timestamp (April 2026), indicating planned maintenance.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and sample data are unavailable for assessing volume and structure.
• The description warns that data is for informational purposes only, requiring on-site or app verification for accuracy.
• The temporal coverage and historical data range are not specified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Rates are posted on physical parking meters and represented digitally by blockface segments.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-05, indicating a scheduled update.

Geography

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