Princeton Parking
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Parking Information

HOURS OF OPERATION

Parking meters are enforced in the Borough for Princeton on Monday through Saturday from 8 AM to 7 PM, with the following exceptions:

  • Long-term parking lots vary, and enforced from 8 AM to 6 PM or from 6 AM to 6 PM
  • The meters in front of WAWA are enforced from 8 AM to 9 PM Monday through Sunday.
  • Meters in the Central Business District are enforced Monday through Saturday 8 AM to 8 PM and Sunday 1 PM to 8PM

Time limits and hours of enforcement for parking meters are posted on signs in every metered area, as well as on each parking meter.

The purpose of time limits is to ensure that parking spaces regularly become available for customers of area business and visitors to the downtown.

Please refer to the Downtown Parking Map parking meter time periods.

ON-STREET PARKING IN NON-METERED AREAS

Time limits and hours of enforcement are posted on signs in each residential area that allows on-street parking, and need to be adhere to at all times.

LOADING ZONES

Parking is permitted in loading zones after hours of enforcement for that specific area.

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RATES

Parking meters are enforced in the Borough for Princeton on Monday through Saturday from 8 AM to 7 PM, with the following exceptions:

  • Long-term parking lots vary, and enforced from 8 AM to 6 PM or from 6 AM to 6 PM
  • The meters in front of WAWA are enforced from 8 AM to 9 PM Monday through Sunday
  • Meters in the Central Business District are enforced Monday through Saturday 8 AM to 8 PM and Sunday 1 PM to 8PM

Time limits and hours of enforcement for parking meters are posted on signs in every metered area, as well as on each parking meter. Please refer to the Downtown Parking Map parking meter time periods.

All meters will accept Smart Cards, U.S. nickels, dimes and quarters. It is illegal to put anything other than these coins in a meter, or to tamper with a meter in any way

Rates vary per location, and are generally lower outside of the Central Business District.

  ON-STREET METERS and PARKING LOT METERS
    Up to 30 minutes $1.25
    30 to 60 minutes $1.25
    2 hours $1.25 per hour (OR) $1.00 per hour (OR) .75 per hour
    5 hours $1.00 per hour
    10 hours $1.00 first 2 hours and .60 for each subsequent hour (OR) .75 first 2 hours and .40 for each subsequent hour (OR) .40 per hour
    12 hours .30 per hour
    14 hours .30 per hour
   
  MUNICIPAL PARKING GARAGE at SPRING STREET
  PAY-ON-FOOT QUICK PAY STATIONS
Payment for parking should be made PRIOR to returning to your car by utilizing one of the Pay-On-Foot Quick Pay Stations located on the lower level of the parking garage by all main entrances. Payment can be made by cash, credit, or Smart Card.
  Monday - Sunday ( 7 days per week) 9 AM to 9 PM:
    Under 30 minutes
Free
    30 to 60 minutes $1.25
    2nd hour $1.25
    3rd hour $1.25
    4th hour and subsequent hours 4th, 5th, 6th hour $1.50, 7th and subsequent hours $2.00, 24 hours $23.00
  Monday to Sunday ( 7 days per week) 9 PM to 9 AM
    Each Hour / or any portion
.25
  Garage Holiday Parking
    Garage Holiday Parking Rates* 9AM to 9PM
.25
   
  *New Years Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
   
  PRIVATE PARKING GARAGES at CHAMBERS STREET AND HULFISH STREET
    Rates and info on parking programs are posted at the parking garage entrance

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PRINCETON PUBLIC LIBRARY

Residents of the Borough of Princeton and Township of Princeton receive up to 2 (two) hours of subsidized parking in the Municipal Garage while using the Princeton Public Library. Details are available at the Library.

For savings and ease of entering and exiting the Spring Street Municipal Parking Garage use a Smart Card, which can be purchased at the Garage.

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