NYC is well known for its hefty parking tickets. Between October 2020 and September 2021, the City of New York made close to $260m from parking tickets according to its open data portal.
SpotAngels – the ‘Waze for Parking’ app that helps drivers find street parking and avoid tickets – analyzed this data to show you the best and worst spots and neighborhoods for parking tickets in NYC
NYC parking ticket numbers
Between October 2020 and September 2021, there were 4,006,011 parking tickets issued in the City of New York totaling close to $260m in revenue. While that is a huge number, it was twice higher pre-pandemic. Alternate Side Parking reform that was initiated during the pandemic reduced the number of street cleaning tickets and thus the city’s revenue.
A parking ticket cost NYC citizens on average $65.
The most common violation was ‘NO PARKING-STREET CLEANING’.
For the below study, SpotAngels focused on a subset of 1,235,775 parking tickets exclusively linked to parking and not driving a vehicle and that have accurate geographic coordinates in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx – see the Methodology Section below for the data cleaning process and the list of parking violation codes used.
Manhattan neighborhoods ranked by parking ticket likelihood
With over 12 parking tickets per 100 spots – Kips Bay and Battery Park City are the neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get a parking ticket.
With 4.4 parking tickets per 100 spots, Flatiron District is where you’re less likely to get a parking ticket.
You can see where your neighborhood ranks in the chart below.
| Neighborhood | # of parking tickets | $ parking tickets | # parking spots with restrictions | Ratio tickets per 100 spots |
| Kips Bay | 20,851 | $1,308,115 | 162,125 | 12.9 |
| Battery Park City | 412 | $39,645 | 3,354 | 12.3 |
| Gramercy | 9,960 | $653,625 | 90,408 | 11.0 |
| Stuyvesant Town | 820 | $55,015 | 7,974 | 10.3 |
| Tribeca | 13,172 | $1,060,075 | 128,272 | 10.3 |
| Little Italy | 6,381 | $584,315 | 62,221 | 10.3 |
| Financial District | 13,644 | $1,192,135 | 133,062 | 10.3 |
| Murray Hill | 13,218 | $1,175,410 | 135,438 | 9.8 |
| Upper East Side | 100,095 | $6,669,115 | 1,032,797 | 9.7 |
| Lower East Side | 26,386 | $1,630,320 | 277,705 | 9.5 |
| West Village | 28,870 | $2,064,255 | 306,257 | 9.4 |
| Washington Heights | 25,639 | $1,694,830 | 275,021 | 9.3 |
| Chinatown | 11,347 | $724,635 | 124,472 | 9.1 |
| East Harlem | 29,885 | $2,006,030 | 331,659 | 9.0 |
| East Village | 28,244 | $1,832,645 | 317,954 | 8.9 |
| Civic Center | 261 | $25,135 | 2,956 | 8.8 |
| Upper West Side | 74,882 | $4,742,275 | 876,390 | 8.5 |
| Two Bridges | 891 | $66,340 | 11,252 | 7.9 |
| Nolita | 7,580 | $516,095 | 96,804 | 7.8 |
| NoHo | 4,951 | $383,890 | 64,968 | 7.6 |
| SoHo | 31,205 | $2,396,575 | 412,959 | 7.6 |
| Inwood | 9,018 | $636,375 | 122,234 | 7.4 |
| Hell’s Kitchen | 32,773 | $2,891,925 | 445,299 | 7.4 |
| Morningside Heights | 4,559 | $249,715 | 62,862 | 7.3 |
| Greenwich Village | 21,538 | $1,553,535 | 305,147 | 7.1 |
| Harlem | 37,794 | $2,642,400 | 594,998 | 6.4 |
| Midtown | 158,032 | $13,338,865 | 2,546,491 | 6.2 |
| Chelsea | 52,417 | $3,896,175 | 885,529 | 5.9 |
| Marble Hill | 497 | $27,510 | 8,457 | 5.9 |
| Theater District | 22,196 | $1,842,540 | 383,209 | 5.8 |
| Roosevelt Island | 1,244 | $59,005 | 23,454 | 5.3 |
| Central Park | 2,308 | $143,305 | 45,014 | 5.1 |
| Flatiron District | 15,124 | $1,119,620 | 341,622 | 4.4 |
Brooklyn neighborhoods ranked by parking ticket likelihood
With over 11 parking tickets per 100 spots – Downtown Brooklyn is where you’re most likely to get a parking ticket. Navy Yard scores high even though the number of tickets is low because there are few spots there with parking restrictions.
With less than 4 parking tickets per 100 spots, Greenwood Heights, Manhattan Beach and Coney Island are the neighborhoods where you’re less likely to get a parking ticket.
You can see where your neighborhood ranks in the chart below.
| Neighborhood | # of parking tickets | $ parking tickets | # parking spots with restrictions | Ratio tickets per 100 spots |
| Navy Yard | 28 | $1,470 | 168 | 16.67 |
| Downtown Brooklyn | 6,213 | $489,315 | 55,324 | 11.23 |
| Vinegar Hill | 849 | $57,710 | 8,984 | 9.45 |
| Brooklyn Heights | 15,379 | $1,025,705 | 162,972 | 9.44 |
| DUMBO | 2,641 | $209,625 | 28,199 | 9.37 |
| Williamsburg | 26,285 | $1,746,065 | 311,582 | 8.44 |
| Red Hook | 863 | $61,160 | 10,844 | 7.96 |
| Bath Beach | 4,397 | $220,485 | 56,349 | 7.80 |
| Gerritsen Beach | 26 | $1,070 | 336 | 7.74 |
| Bergen Beach | 134 | $7,400 | 1,741 | 7.70 |
| Boerum Hill | 5,980 | $374,330 | 80,003 | 7.47 |
| Brownsville | 5,245 | $363,965 | 70,798 | 7.41 |
| Columbia St | 578 | $31,910 | 7,927 | 7.29 |
| Borough Park | 27,776 | $1,346,235 | 385,330 | 7.21 |
| Carroll Gardens | 4,154 | $208,720 | 58,142 | 7.14 |
| Bay Ridge | 10,501 | $556,290 | 147,252 | 7.13 |
| Sheepshead Bay | 22,377 | $1,158,445 | 316,811 | 7.06 |
| Bushwick | 13,898 | $981,335 | 202,905 | 6.85 |
| Fort Hamilton | 5,397 | $288,905 | 78,909 | 6.84 |
| East New York | 9,458 | $699,115 | 141,868 | 6.67 |
| Cobble Hill | 2,986 | $170,710 | 44,898 | 6.65 |
| Kensington | 5,897 | $328,755 | 88,672 | 6.65 |
| Gravesend | 11,038 | $595,315 | 167,644 | 6.58 |
| Greenpoint | 8,608 | $522,115 | 131,933 | 6.52 |
| Sunset Park | 16,377 | $981,845 | 253,367 | 6.46 |
| Fort Greene | 8,015 | $567,380 | 124,206 | 6.45 |
| Cypress Hills | 6,391 | $418,830 | 99,470 | 6.43 |
| Brighton Beach | 7,707 | $506,795 | 122,713 | 6.28 |
| Flatbush | 22,872 | $1,416,265 | 368,062 | 6.21 |
| Bensonhurst | 8,878 | $509,585 | 148,091 | 5.99 |
| Marine Park | 657 | $31,335 | 11,043 | 5.95 |
| Dyker Heights | 3,531 | $209,365 | 59,357 | 5.95 |
| Flatlands | 5,019 | $263,660 | 85,674 | 5.86 |
| Gowanus | 2,512 | $158,170 | 43,154 | 5.82 |
| Clinton Hill | 6,141 | $371,860 | 107,866 | 5.69 |
| Prospect-Lefferts Gardens | 6,844 | $530,810 | 121,942 | 5.61 |
| Canarsie | 5,686 | $371,840 | 102,138 | 5.57 |
| South Slope | 6,003 | $336,540 | 107,878 | 5.56 |
| East Flatbush | 21,095 | $1,531,925 | 379,108 | 5.56 |
| Crown Heights | 17,806 | $1,419,210 | 323,643 | 5.50 |
| Prospect Park | 61 | $4,110 | 1,110 | 5.50 |
| Prospect Heights | 3,990 | $249,775 | 72,693 | 5.49 |
| Windsor Terrace | 1,709 | $91,665 | 31,895 | 5.36 |
| Park Slope | 10,853 | $628,800 | 206,639 | 5.25 |
| Midwood | 11,439 | $581,540 | 225,105 | 5.08 |
| Mill Basin | 90 | $6,395 | 1,802 | 4.99 |
| Bedford-Stuyvesant | 26,604 | $1,797,125 | 532,684 | 4.99 |
| Coney Island | 2,322 | $167,720 | 60,199 | 3.86 |
| Manhattan Beach | 2,162 | $135,700 | 61,489 | 3.52 |
| Greenwood Heights | 35 | $2,515 | 1,037 | 3.38 |
Queens neighborhoods ranked by parking ticket likelihood
With over 13 parking tickets per 100 spots – Ozone Park and Laurelton are the neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get a parking ticket. Glen Oaks scores high even though the number of tickets is low because there are few spots there with parking restrictions.
With 2 parking tickets per 100 spots, Flushing Meadows Corona Park is where you’re less likely to get a parking ticket.
You can see where your neighborhood ranks in the chart below.
| Neighborhood | # of parking tickets | $ parking tickets | # parking spots with restrictions | Ratio tickets per 100 spots |
| Glen Oaks | 4 | $140 | 24 | 16.67 |
| Ozone Park | 1,209 | $56,490 | 8,829 | 13.69 |
| Laurelton | 438 | $16,375 | 3,304 | 13.26 |
| Hollis Hills | 10 | $315 | 85 | 11.76 |
| College Point | 2,369 | $127,705 | 20,309 | 11.66 |
| Middle Village | 798 | $48,480 | 7,449 | 10.71 |
| Richmond Hill | 8,363 | $400,230 | 80,534 | 10.38 |
| Floral Park | 19 | $1,065 | 183 | 10.38 |
| Fresh Meadows | 1,282 | $57,520 | 12,445 | 10.30 |
| Glendale | 2,759 | $156,000 | 27,437 | 10.06 |
| Woodhaven | 4,314 | $191,585 | 44,192 | 9.76 |
| Forest Hills | 20,536 | $1,118,370 | 214,109 | 9.59 |
| Woodside | 7,498 | $433,115 | 84,072 | 8.92 |
| Sunnyside | 12,493 | $742,395 | 143,018 | 8.74 |
| Bayside | 2,195 | $95,505 | 25,150 | 8.73 |
| Hollis | 869 | $57,035 | 10,023 | 8.67 |
| St. Albans | 284 | $14,400 | 3,322 | 8.55 |
| Whitestone | 500 | $23,125 | 5,907 | 8.46 |
| Ridgewood | 15,995 | $899,705 | 190,819 | 8.38 |
| Rosedale | 73 | $4,935 | 882 | 8.28 |
| Rego Park | 9,977 | $554,885 | 120,680 | 8.27 |
| Elmhurst | 14,520 | $802,825 | 175,819 | 8.26 |
| Queens Village | 1,396 | $63,045 | 17,299 | 8.07 |
| Douglaston | 62 | $5,140 | 776 | 7.99 |
| Jackson Heights | 21,257 | $1,331,855 | 266,097 | 7.99 |
| Long Island City | 17,718 | $1,068,895 | 228,345 | 7.76 |
| Kew Gardens | 5,132 | $291,940 | 66,298 | 7.74 |
| Flushing | 31,682 | $2,087,115 | 427,764 | 7.41 |
| Bellerose | 147 | $8,165 | 1,991 | 7.38 |
| Maspeth | 2,641 | $151,450 | 35,803 | 7.38 |
| Little Neck | 116 | $11,290 | 1,579 | 7.35 |
| Corona | 5,097 | $319,100 | 69,645 | 7.32 |
| South Ozone Park | 434 | $34,780 | 6,002 | 7.23 |
| Kew Gardens Hills | 3,796 | $176,760 | 54,559 | 6.96 |
| East Elmhurst | 3,888 | $271,840 | 57,898 | 6.72 |
| Ditmars Steinway | 7,129 | $355,225 | 108,249 | 6.59 |
| Broad Channel | 23 | $1,525 | 357 | 6.44 |
| Bay Terrace | 10 | $620 | 157 | 6.37 |
| Jamaica | 28,409 | $1,633,780 | 451,974 | 6.29 |
| Holliswood | 11 | $1,265 | 188 | 5.85 |
| Astoria | 33,284 | $1,601,200 | 574,014 | 5.80 |
| Jamaica Hills | 1,497 | $81,780 | 27,270 | 5.49 |
| Bayswater | 419 | $29,365 | 7,661 | 5.47 |
| Springfield Gardens | 368 | $24,400 | 6,766 | 5.44 |
| Rockaway Park | 1,480 | $86,095 | 27,961 | 5.29 |
| Forest Park | 2 | $90 | 38 | 5.26 |
| Howard Beach | 727 | $29,040 | 13,904 | 5.23 |
| Rockaway Beach | 430 | $28,070 | 8,259 | 5.21 |
| Belle Harbor | 296 | $12,935 | 5,846 | 5.06 |
| Edgemere | 300 | $17,165 | 5,974 | 5.02 |
| Briarwood | 4,350 | $219,815 | 86,732 | 5.02 |
| Cambria Heights | 51 | $2,650 | 1,089 | 4.68 |
| Jamaica Estates | 1,565 | $88,985 | 34,212 | 4.57 |
| Far Rockaway | 1,994 | $132,175 | 44,005 | 4.53 |
| Arverne | 564 | $33,815 | 14,613 | 3.86 |
| Neponsit | 28 | $2,310 | 733 | 3.82 |
| Flushing Meadows Corona Park | 3 | $115 | 148 | 2.03 |
The Bronx neighborhoods ranked by parking ticket likelihood
With over 9 parking tickets per 100 spots – Pelham Bay and Tremont are the neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get a parking ticket. Woodlawn scores high even though the number of tickets is low because there are few spots there with parking restrictions.
With 2 parking tickets per 100 spots, Crotona Park is where you’re less likely to get a parking ticket.
You can see where your neighborhood ranks in the chart below.
| Neighborhood | # of parking tickets | $ parking tickets | # parking spots with restrictions | Ratio tickets per 100 spots |
| Pelham Bay | 2,718 | $119,195 | 28,412 | 9.57 |
| Tremont | 6,287 | $381,200 | 67,632 | 9.30 |
| Woodlawn | 25 | $2,105 | 276 | 9.06 |
| Westchester Square | 3,871 | $194,495 | 43,649 | 8.87 |
| Melrose | 4,343 | $315,835 | 48,981 | 8.87 |
| West Farms | 2,471 | $193,305 | 28,536 | 8.66 |
| Riverdale | 826 | $39,285 | 9,581 | 8.62 |
| Mount Hope | 4,698 | $368,280 | 55,599 | 8.45 |
| Mount Eden | 4,335 | $272,685 | 53,146 | 8.16 |
| Morrisania | 4,797 | $386,135 | 59,197 | 8.10 |
| Concourse | 3,709 | $223,965 | 46,886 | 7.91 |
| Concourse Village | 5,813 | $425,050 | 74,299 | 7.82 |
| Fieldston | 517 | $29,145 | 6,812 | 7.59 |
| Parkchester | 12,665 | $730,825 | 168,002 | 7.54 |
| Pelham Gardens | 39 | $1,930 | 520 | 7.50 |
| Belmont | 14,051 | $847,000 | 187,378 | 7.50 |
| Mott Haven | 9,212 | $656,680 | 126,703 | 7.27 |
| Bronx Park | 53 | $3,485 | 735 | 7.21 |
| Norwood | 8,798 | $568,355 | 122,219 | 7.20 |
| Morris Park | 2,164 | $97,585 | 30,167 | 7.17 |
| Highbridge | 3,111 | $270,155 | 48,121 | 6.46 |
| Allerton | 4,081 | $217,650 | 63,791 | 6.40 |
| Fordham | 22,612 | $1,450,070 | 355,729 | 6.36 |
| Van Nest | 2,972 | $182,290 | 47,318 | 6.28 |
| Bronxdale | 4,027 | $205,445 | 64,424 | 6.25 |
| Longwood | 7,971 | $542,070 | 127,828 | 6.24 |
| Claremont Village | 5,446 | $370,870 | 88,772 | 6.13 |
| University Heights | 3,135 | $217,730 | 51,913 | 6.04 |
| Co-op City | 530 | $43,335 | 8,858 | 5.98 |
| Hunts Point | 518 | $38,650 | 8,743 | 5.92 |
| Spuyten Duyvil | 257 | $13,245 | 4,432 | 5.80 |
| East Morrisania | 2,789 | $206,140 | 48,862 | 5.71 |
| Port Morris | 1,454 | $127,915 | 25,572 | 5.69 |
| Williamsbridge | 4,219 | $228,170 | 74,704 | 5.65 |
| Kingsbridge | 8,150 | $520,010 | 144,695 | 5.63 |
| Schuylerville | 632 | $25,740 | 11,657 | 5.42 |
| Unionport | 2,545 | $135,815 | 47,156 | 5.40 |
| North Riverdale | 120 | $6,650 | 2,354 | 5.10 |
| Soundview | 2,237 | $147,485 | 43,987 | 5.09 |
| Castle Hill | 15 | $910 | 299 | 5.02 |
| Throgs Neck | 971 | $43,375 | 19,472 | 4.99 |
| Olinville | 972 | $58,845 | 20,000 | 4.86 |
| Wakefield | 3,325 | $176,770 | 68,764 | 4.84 |
| Morris Heights | 3,056 | $216,410 | 63,361 | 4.82 |
| Baychester | 319 | $17,420 | 6,718 | 4.75 |
| Edenwald | 184 | $10,440 | 3,949 | 4.66 |
| Clason Point | 251 | $19,845 | 6,528 | 3.84 |
| Eastchester | 44 | $2,160 | 1,160 | 3.79 |
| Van Cortlandt Park | 1 | $115 | 37 | 2.70 |
| Crotona Park | 46 | $5,080 | 2,220 | 2.07 |
10 worst spots for parking tickets
These are the 10 parking spots in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx with the most parking tickets. Each spot gets close to 1 or more parking tickets per day, be extra careful when you park there!
| Address | Borough | Neighborhood | # of parking tickets | Most common parking violations |
| 152-11 89th Ave | Queens | Jamaica | 568 | FAIL TO DSPLY MUNI METER RECPT NO PARKING-STREET CLEANING |
| 229 W 43rd St | Manhattan | Theater District | 409 | NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS |
| 114 W 47th St | Manhattan | Theater District | 394 | NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS |
| 2 W 45th St | Manhattan | Midtown | 371 | NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS |
| 500 W 30th St | Manhattan | Chelsea | 361 | NO STANDING-EXC. TRUCK LOADING |
| 554 W 30th St | Manhattan | Chelsea | 359 | NO STANDING-EXC. TRUCK LOADING |
| 333 7th Ave | Manhattan | Chelsea | 355 | NO STOPPING-DAY/TIME LIMITS |
| 5 E 47th St | Manhattan | Midtown | 344 | NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS |
| 135 W 50th St | Manhattan | Theater District | 339 | FAIL TO DISP. MUNI METER RECPT NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS |
| 37-27 74th St | Queens | Jackson Heights | 335 | NO STANDING-COMM METER ZONE |
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SpotAngels Methodology
- SpotAngels downloaded the parking violations data from the City of New York’s open data portal for Fiscal Year 2022 (October 2020 to September 2021)
- SpotAngels filtered the data on parking violation codes exclusively in relation to parking and not driving a vehicle. For example, parking violation codes such as ‘bus lane violation’, ‘registration sticker expired’, ‘front or back plate missing’ and similar were excluded. Further below is the list of parking violation codes that SpotAngels focused on.
- SpotAngels further filtered the data focusing only on parking tickets with a ‘house number’ and ‘street name’ and for which geographic coordinates were found. This was done to avoid considering parking tickets with an incorrect location which would skew the neighborhood breakdown. SpotAngels used Mapbox’s geocoding service for determining the geographic coordinates.
- SpotAngels associated the geographic coordinates to NYC’s neighborhood limits defined on BetaNYC’s Community Data Portal
- SpotAngels matched the resulting data to its proprietary parking map data – the SpotAngels map displays all the street parking spots and knows which ones have restrictions. SpotAngels has exhaustive data in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx but not Staten Island.
- SpotAngels computed the average number of tickets per parking spot in each neighborhood
Parking violation codes considered for the SpotAngels study:
NO PARKING-STREET CLEANING
FAIL TO DSPLY MUNI METER RECPT
NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS
FIRE HYDRANT
NO PARKING-DAY/TIME LIMITS
NO STANDING-COMM METER ZONE
EXPIRED MUNI METER
NO STANDING-EXC. TRUCK LOADING
FAIL TO DISP. MUNI METER RECPT
NO STANDING-EXC. AUTH. VEHICLE
NO STOPPING-DAY/TIME LIMITS
EXPIRED MUNI MTR-COMM MTR ZN
NGHT PKG ON RESID STR-COMM VEH
NON-COMPLIANCE W/ POSTED SIGN
OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS
NO STANDING-FOR HIRE VEH STND
NO PARKING-EXC. AUTH. VEHICLE
NO STD(EXC TRKS/GMTDST NO-TRK)
PCKP DSCHRGE IN PRHBTD ZONE
DIVIDED HIGHWAY
NO STANDING-COMMUTER VAN STOP
PKG IN EXC. OF LIM-COMM MTR ZN
NO STOP/STANDNG EXCEPT PAS P/U
OT PARKING-MISSING/BROKEN METR
OVERTIME STDG D/S
OVERTIME STANDING DP
EXPIRED METER
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