Park(ing) Day Aficionados! International Park(ing) Day is Friday September 16, 2011. New York City will again join over 130 cities from around the world in reclaiming curb side space and demonstrating how streets can serve much more than the storage of vehicles.

Park(ing) Day NYC is an opportunity for community advocates, environmentalists, artists and NYC residents to re-create our urban landscape and reinvent public street space. Park(ing) Spot hosts reclaim street space for a day and transform it into people-friendly public spaces. Park(ing) Spots can be anything from play spaces to community meeting places, urban gardens to small sculpture parks, performance stages to relaxing respites.

Transportation Alternatives (T.A.) will manage the Park(ing) Day NYC permitting process. That’s right, even though anyone can park a car in a legal parking spot, a permit is needed to use that space for non-vehicle activities. In order to reclaim a parking spot Friday September 16th you must apply to T.A. for a permit (details below) by Friday August 26th, 2011. We will then apply for an official Street Activity Permit from the Mayor’s office and share this with you before the 16th.

To apply for a Park(ing) Day NYC permit, e-mail the following information to info@parkingdaynyc.org by Friday August 26th (applications submitted after this date cannot be processed):

Contact Information

• First and Last Name of Lead Organizer
• Organization Name (if applicable)
• Organization website
• Address (city, state, ZIP)
• Phone
• Email

Park(ing) Spot Details

• Location of your spot (intersection and cross streets)
• (You will get a permit to host a park(ing) spot on a certain street – the permit does not specify a specific spot)
• Borough of your spot
• Hours of your spot (ie, 9-5pm)
• Title of your spot
• Parking regulations at the location*
• Police Precinct for the location**
• Description of your spot (what will you use this space for on Park(ing) Day? What are some anticipated activity or design highlights?)

* Find parking regulations here: http://a841-dotvweb01.nyc.gov/ParkingRegs/ViewController/LocationValidation.aspx

** Find your police precinct here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precinct_maps/precinct_maps.shtml

Thank you for participating in Park(ing) Day NYC! We will be in touch the first week in September with information on when and where to pick up your permit. Until then, good luck planning your Park(ing) Spot. Questions can be e-mailed to: info@parkingdaynyc.org.

Check out the international Park(ing) Day website for more information.