Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside (QueensPost)
Feb. 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin
Queens drivers have an easier time finding parking than most drivers in the city, according to a new study.
While looking for a legal place to park on Queens streets can be a headache-inducing activity, drivers in the World’s Borough spend less time searching for parking than drivers in three of the four other boroughs, according to a recent study by Zipcar.
Drivers in Queens spend 17 minutes on average looking for a public parking spot, according to the study — only Staten Islanders have it easier; it takes them about 16 minutes.
New York City drivers as a whole spend an average of 19 minutes looking for street parking with Manhattan and Brooklyn drivers spending 21 minutes and Bronx drivers spending the citywide average, according to the study.
However, some of the 796 New Yorkers surveyed said it takes them up to two hours to find a place to park their car.
Nearly every New Yorker interviewed — 92 percent — said finding public parking is stressful and 62 percent said it was “very” or “extremely stressful,” the study states.
In fact, finding parking in the City is so harrowing, some of the respondents said they were willing to give up social media, coffee, chocolate and even sex.
And like true New Yorkers, nearly 30 percent of those interviewed said they use profanity everyday while on the prowl for parking.
Manhattanites have the biggest potty mouths of the bunch, with 37 percent saying they curse while circling the block for parking and 24 percent of Queens drivers say the mutter a profanity or two in their everyday search as well.
5 Comments
Really in what part of Queens is this? Try coming to Woodside/Sunnyside it’ll take at least 45 mins to 1 hr if you can find parking at all. So whoever did this search better redo it or recheck themselves.
Uh-oh, here come more bike lanes that nobody uses.
I assume they are yr walking about the Eastern part of Queens, certainly not Western Queens
Just another study to promote more bike lanes in Queens and use against drivers that complain about parking when one is suggested. That is what this is all about.
In predominately quiet residential neighborhoods I would agree. But certainly not for Astoria with all the business catering to mostly visitors all through the day and night. Parking space is very limited.