NYC Car Owners with Unique Parking Stories - The New York Times

Ronda Kaysen is reporting an upcoming story about the unique and varied parking experiences of New Yorkers who own cars in the city. She is seeking detailed firsthand accounts from people who rent driveways, share parking spaces, or use parking garages, including those with unusual rules, high fees, or long waiting lists. Are you a New Yorker who owns a car in the city and can’t be bothered with street parking? We want to hear your curious, vexing or surprising adventures with parking lots and driveways for an upcoming story. If you have a driveway, do you rent it out? What is it like to be landlord of a sliver of asphalt? Or do you rent someone else’s driveway? Is your driveway shared, requiring delicate rules of engagement? If you car lives in a parking garage, did you sit on a waiting list for years? Did you ever lose your spot? Does the garage have puzzling retrieval rules? Or have the rates gone through the roof? In what ways did your car factor into your decision about where to live? If you park in a monthly lot, or have been on a waiting list, please tell us what makes your experience unique. Is it the parking attendant? The unusual rules to retrieve your car? The fees? If you have a driveway or park in one, please tell us about the experience. How does renting it or sharing it work? How do you handle other cars blocking it? Tell us your strategies and stories. I will read every response, then reach out to some of you to continue the conversation. I will not publish any part of your response without contacting you first. I will not share your contact information outside the Times newsroom, and will use it only to follow up with you directly.