Thanksgiving Brings Holiday From Paid Parking In Freehold

FREEHOLD, NJ — Thanksgiving Day will be a parking holiday in the borough, after paid parking was introduced here after Labor Day.

There will be no charge for parking on Thanksgiving, but normal parking rules - and fees - return after that, Business Administrator Stephen J. Gallo said.

Other than Thursday, the borough’s Paid Parking Management Program is in full effect, including enforcement where indicated, he added.

Visitors, workers and shoppers using Market Yard, McGackin Place and Borough Hall lots and other street spaces must use parking kiosks in the "pay by plate" system introduced in September.

The new parking fees are already generating revenue to pay for the expenses of operating and maintaining the parking lots and related costs, the borough has said. For example, one week in October, $18,000 in revenue was generated.

Sixty percent of parking in the borough remains free, the borough has said.

Here are some of the basics of the parking system, according to the borough:

Cost

• Cost is $1 per hour 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; $2 per hour 5 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Parking lots

• Hourly parking at the McGackin Triangle Parking Lot.
• Hourly parking at the Borough Hall Parking Lot.
• Hourly and permit parking at the Market Yard Parking Lot.
• All other lots remain unchanged.

On-street hourly parking

• Main Street from Sheriff Street to Throckmorton Street.
• South Street from Mechanic Street to Main Street.
• Court Street from Main Street to Lafayette Place.

Payment types

• Coins or credit/debit card at all pay stations.
• By Flowbird app.
• By text.

You can get a refresher on the parking payment system in a video on the borough Facebook site, and learn about the parking app here. The borough contracted with the Flowbird Group, Moorestown, for development of the system.