Take me out to the Mets game

[nymr83]

i'm headed to shea thursday night, anyone know what the parking situation is this year?
public transportation just isn't going to cut it from staten island to flushing.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I really don't think you want to get in that parking lot.

I'd find a place along the 7 line that you could park.

This wouldn't work for you (I don't think) but when I go I park in Manhattan at 1st Avenue and 38th Street ($10 for the whole day) and take the subway from Grand Central.

[HahnSolo]

I went on Sunday, from Orange County with 2 kids, so public transportation was not an option.

We got there an hour before first pitch, and there were plenty of spots behind the left field area of CitiField. I was surprised actually at how many. It wasn't that hard to get out of after the game either. I think for a weeknight game, as long as you get there a little early, parking should not be a problem.

But, for $15, if you have an alternative like BG suggests ( a spot somewhere on the #7 line), you could do that too.

[stevejrogers]

Try getting there early so you can get a space underneath the Whitestone Expressway under Northern Blvd.

Otherwise best bet is somewhere in downtown Flushing near Willets Point.

[Benjamin Grimm]

SteveJRogers wrote: Try getting there early so you can get a space underneath the Whitestone Expressway under Northern Blvd.

Do they still allow that? (I had heard that they didn't.)

I used to do that all the time when I was a Sunday season ticket holder and lived on Long Island.

I'd make a left turn out of my parking spot, a right on Main Street and that would lead me right to the LIE.

[stevejrogers]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]Try getting there early so you can get a space underneath the Whitestone Expressway under Northern Blvd. Do they still allow that? (I had heard that they didn't.) I used to do that all the time when I was a Sunday season ticket holder and lived on Long Island. I'd make a left turn out of my parking spot, a right on Main Street and that would lead me right to the LIE.

Last year they did, this year my Dad's company got the full year plus parking so I don't know if they started to crack down on that this year. Or at least the side furtherest away from Shea.

[Centerfield]

There are some municipal parking lots in Flushing. I don't drive much, but I have parked in one of those and taken the 7 back one stop.

[nymr83]

="Benjamin Grimm"] ="SteveJRogers"]Try getting there early so you can get a space underneath the Whitestone Expressway under Northern Blvd. Do they still allow that? (I had heard that they didn't.) I used to do that all the time when I was a Sunday season ticket holder and lived on Long Island. I'd make a left turn out of my parking spot, a right on Main Street and that would lead me right to the LIE.

i don't know which highway/overpass is which but the last few years the mets (presumably with the blessing of the city) have been charging for parking under the highways closest to shea.

[Gwreck]

That's nothing new. Certain lots have existed under the Northern Boulevard ramps for years.

The "free" parking is under the Whitestone Expressway/Northern Boulevard between 114th and 126th streets, on the ramps closest to Flushing Bay.