<p>My S lives on the upper (upper) west side. He is suggesting that we just drive into Manhattan and park on the street near his apartment. Would that be totally stupid?</p>
<p>Not as long as it’s not restricted parking (have to change sides of the street). My S also lives on the UWS (105th ST.) and we always park on the street, but not overnight. The N/S streets tend to be metered, but the E/W streets are available, especially on weekends.</p>
<p>Not stupid if he thinks you will be able to find parking spaces within reasonable walk of his apartment! Depends on meters on weekends and things like that but if he is far enough uptown that might make sense since perhaps not crowded with tourists and visitors. I assume he has some sense of street parking situation in his neighborhood. Sounds much more convenient than the NJ ideas. I think you should give it a try and if worst come to worst park at a West Side of Manhattan garage or lot for part of the visit (probably some are less expensive when you get out of midtown area).</p>
<p>When I bussed in from Secaucas, I was overnighting in one of the hotels and could park for free in their lot all day. You might try calling some of the hotels and asking if they offer parking for a fee if you are taking the bus in and not staying at the hotel.</p>
<p>Or you could try looking into the park and ride lots at the different train and bus stations, I checked the North Bergen lot and it did NOT offer overnight parking. </p>
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<p>We did already check the Secaucus lot, and it offers $16 per day “up to 24 hours” which seemed like a bargain, but we weren’t sure if we needed to re-check the car each day. Were going to call, but then S suggested we could just park on the street. </p>
<p>He lives in the 130’s (don’t remember which number exactly, but just a block from the train station.) He said that parking in the afternoon before people come home from work shouldn’t be hard, as long as we avoid the places that don’t allow parking on Friday mornings. And it looks like driving directions bring us in from the north, so we wouldn’t have to drive through that awful downtown traffic, which would be terrifying to us.</p>
<p>We’re staying at a hotel near the Natural History museum, so it would be an easy enough subway ride.</p>
<p>Sounds as though you’ve found the sensible solution. Enjoy the trip if not the parking!</p>