Status

Find out if Alternate Side Parking (ASP) is in effect or suspended:

ASP Sign

Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations allow for street cleaning. ASP rules are posted on signs with a "P" crossed by a broom and indicate the days and times parking isn’t allowed.

When ASP is in effect, you can’t park on the side of the street that is being cleaned. The rules apply for the entire time posted on the sign, even if a street sweeper has passed.

Note: residential streets without meters are only cleaned—with vehicles required to be moved—on the last day posted on the ASP sign because of ASP Reform Rules. These rules are in effect until July 5, 2022.

Holidays and Sundays

ASP rules are suspended on certain legal and religious holidays each year.

On the following major legal holidays, parking meters are also suspended:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day

On Sundays, ASP is not in effect and you don’t have to pay the parking meters.

Unplanned Suspensions

ASP rules and sometimes parking meters may be suspended for severe weather or other emergencies. You can sign up to get email notifications of unplanned suspensions from the Department of Transportation (DOT).

The latest status is always available on the NYC Today Calendar.

ASP Schedule on Specific Streets

You can look up the ASP rules on street cleaning signs on specific streets by using the Parking Sign Locator map.

ASP is suspended on the following dates in 2022:

DateHoliday
Jan 1, SatNew Year's Day*
Jan 6, ThursThree Kings' Day
Jan 17, MonMartin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan 31- Feb 1, Mon-TueLunar New Year's Eve & Lunar New Year
Feb 12, SatLincoln's Birthday
Feb 21, MonWashington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
Mar 2, WedAsh Wednesday
Mar 17, ThursPurim
Apr 14, ThursHoly Thursday
Apr 15, FriGood Friday
Apr 16, SatPassover
Apr 21, ThursHoly Thursday (Orthodox)
Apr 22, FridayPassover (7th Day) and Good Friday (Orthodox)
Apr 23, SatPassover (8th Day)
May 2-4, Mon-WedIdul-Fitr (Eid al-Fitr)
May 26, ThursSolemnity of the Ascension
May 30, MonMemorial Day*
June 6, MonShavuot
June 20, MonJuneteenth (Observed)
July 4, MonIndependence Day*
July 9-July 11, Sat-MonIdul-Adha (Eid al-Adha)
Aug 15, MonFeast of the Assumption
Sept 5, MonLabor Day*
Sept 26-27, Mon-TueRosh Hashanah
Oct 5, WedYom Kippur
Oct 10, MonItalian Heritage Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day and Succoth (1st Day)
Oct 11, TueSuccoth (2nd Day)
Oct 17, MonShemini Atzereth
Oct 18, TueSimchas Torah
Oct 24, MonDiwali
Nov 1, TueAll Saints Day
Nov 8, TueElection Day
Nov 11, FriVeterans Day
Nov 24, ThursThanksgiving Day*
Dec 8, ThursImmaculate Conception
Dec 26, MonChristmas Day (Observed)*

*Indicates a major legal holiday. Stopping, standing, and parking is allowed on major legal holidays except in areas where these rules are in effect seven days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”). Parking meters are not in effect on major legal holidays.

You can download a pdf of the calendar or a file for calendaring software. Paper copies are available by mail.

Online

Download the 2022 ASP Calendar.

Download the calendar file (ICS) for Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook.

Learn how to download and import the calendar file for calendaring software.

By Mail

Call 311 to request a paper copy.

2021 ASP Suspensions

DateHoliday
Jan 1, FriNew Year's Day*
Jan 6, WedThree Kings' Day
Jan 18, MonMartin Luther King, Jr. Day
Feb 11-12, Thurs-FriLunar New Year's Eve & Lunar New Year
Feb 12, FriLincoln's Birthday
Feb 15, MonWashington's Birthday (Pres. Day)
Feb 17, WedAsh Wednesday
Feb 26, FriPurim
Mar 28-29, Sun-MonPassover (1st/2nd Days)
Apr 1, ThursHoly Thursday
Apr 2, FriGood Friday
Apr 3-4, Sat-SunPassover (7th/8th Days)
Apr 29, ThursHoly Thursday (Orthodox)
Apr 30, FriGood Friday (Orthodox)
May 13, ThursSolemnity of the Ascension
May 13-15, Thurs-SatEid al-Fitr
May 17-18, Mon-TuesShavuot (2 Days)
May 31, MonMemorial Day*
June 19, SatJuneteenth
July 4-5, Sun-MonIndependence Day*
July 19-July 21, Mon-WedEid al-Adha
Aug 15, SunFeast of the Assumption
Sept 6, MonLabor Day*
Sept 7-8, Tues-WedRosh Hashanah
Sept 16, ThursYom Kippur
Sept 21-22, Tues-WedSuccoth (2 Days)
Sept 28, TuesShemini Atzereth
Sept 29, WedSimchas Torah
Oct 11, MonItalian Heritage Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day
Nov 1, MonAll Saints Day
Nov 2, TuesElection Day
Nov 4, ThursDiwali
Nov 11, ThursVeterans Day
Nov 25, ThursThanksgiving Day*
Dec 8, WedImmaculate Conception
Dec 24-25, Fri- SatChristmas Day*
Dec 31, FriNew Year's Day 2022 (Observed)*

*Indicates a major legal holiday. Stopping, standing, and parking is allowed on major legal holidays except in areas where these rules are in effect seven days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”). Parking meters are not in effect on major legal holidays.

You can get a copy of the 2021 ASP Calendar by mail.

Call 311 to request a paper copy.

Documentation of Past Suspensions

To request written verification of past suspensions or parking sign changes, go to the City Agency Record or FOIL Request page to make a FOIL request to the Department of Transportation.

On days when ASP is in effect, residential "side streets" without meters will not be cleaned more than once a week on each side.

ASP reform signIf a side of a street has an ASP sign showing multiple days, street cleaning regulations will be in effect on that side of the street only on the latest day posted on the sign.

For example, if the ASP sign says the side of the street is cleaned on Mondays and Thursdays, you only have to move your car from that side of the street on Thursday.

This rule does not apply to:

• Streets that have just one day of ASP regulations on each side
• Commercial streets or metered areas

ASP Reform Rules will continue until July 5, 2022.

Learn more about Alternate Side Parking reform.

When ASP is suspended, you must still follow any other posted parking time limits and rules.

NYC311 cannot give you information on how City parking rules might apply to specific situations. You should follow the rules posted about time limits and whether it is legal or illegal to park in a specific area.

Because NYC Traffic Rules only require one sign for each block, you should check the whole block and read all signs carefully before you park.

ASP Schedule on Specific Streets

You can look up the ASP rules on street cleaning signs posted on specific streets by using the Parking Sign Locator map.

Suspension Timing

When ASP is suspended, it applies from midnight the day before until midnight the day of the suspension.

Grace Period

You have a 5-minute grace period for ASP zones. The law gives drivers an extra 5 minutes past the time on the ASP sign. During the grace period, parking tickets cannot be issued.

No Stopping, No Standing, No Parking

In addition to ASP being suspended, on major legal holidays, you can park at a No Stopping, No Standing, or No Parking sign if the rule is not normally in effect 7 days a week (for example, No Standing Anytime). Otherwise, you can’t.

The major legal holidays are:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day

Double Parking

It is illegal to double park passenger vehicles at all times. Commercial vehicles may double park to make quick pick-ups, deliveries or service calls during posted hours only. While on some streets it may be common practice to double park during street cleaning, double parking is still illegal and you may get a ticket.

For more details, review NYC Traffic Rules in Chapter 4, Section 4-08, subdivision (f), paragraph (1) of the Rules of the City of New York.

You can contact the police precinct for questions about enforcement. To find a precinct, go to the Police Precincts and PSAs page.

Open Streets

When ASP is in effect on Open Streets, vehicles should leave the street and may return after ASP is over. If barriers are in place, they should be set up in a way that cars can drive around them. While driving in and out of the street, please watch for pedestrians and travel at 5 MPH.

You can contact your local Community Board to request:

  • Changes to an alternate side parking sign or regulation
  • Street cleaning on a new block

Community Boards will conduct a public hearing, then vote on any recommendation to Sanitation regarding alternate side parking regulations.

For a community board directory, or to search by address, go to the Community Boards page.

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