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Street parking in New York City, decoded

Updated October 2, 2026

New York has hundreds of thousands of parking signs, often stacked three or four to a pole. CurbParker reads them for you and paints each curb by what is legal at the day and time you choose: green you can park, amber it is legal but a restriction starts soon, red you can’t.

The rules people get wrong

• “No Standing” is not “No Parking”. They allow different things. See the three-sign comparison.
• Fire hydrants have no sign. The rule is 15 feet to each side, every hour of every day. How to measure it.
• Alternate side parking only restricts the posted window, but it restricts all of it. How it works.

What CurbParker covers in New York

Every NYC DOT parking-regulation sign in the city’s open data, ParkNYC meter blocks with their tiered rates, and the city’s hydrant locations — all stored on your phone after one download, so it works underground and in dead zones. Choose a time, or a “park until” time, and the whole map recalculates for your stay.

Keep reading

Sources

NYC Traffic Rules §4-08 (Parking, Stopping, Standing) · NYC DOT — Parking regulations sign legend

The signs on the street always win. This page is general information, not legal advice; rules change, so check the posted sign and the official source.