Parking in New York

🚫 Low Emission Zone (LEZ)

Driving into Manhattan at or below 60th Street costs a Congestion Relief Zone toll: $9 for a car with E-ZPass in the peak period (5:00-21:00 on weekdays, 9:00-21:00 on weekends) and $2.25 overnight, charged at most once per day. Tolls by Mail rates are up to 50% higher. The toll is planned to rise to $12 in 2028 and $15 in 2031. On top of that come the bridge and tunnel tolls, such as the Port Authority crossings from New Jersey.

• Zone: local streets and avenues in Manhattan south of and including 60th Street. The FDR Drive, the West Side Highway/Route 9A and the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel connections to West Street are excluded.
• Passenger cars pay no more than once a day (12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.). You are not charged on days when the car stays parked or only drives inside the zone.
• Crossing credit: with E-ZPass in the peak period, entering via the Lincoln, Holland, Queens-Midtown or Hugh L. Carey tunnel lowers the toll by up to $3. No credit overnight.
• Port Authority crossings from New Jersey (Lincoln and Holland tunnels, George Washington Bridge) are cashless and charged only entering New York: for a car $14.79 off-peak and $16.79 peak with a NY/NJ E-ZPass account, $23.30 Tolls by Mail. Peak is weekdays 6-10 a.m. and 4-8 p.m., weekends 11 a.m.-9 p.m. (July 2026 rate table).

Foreign cars: Without an E-ZPass linked to the number plate, a Tolls by Mail bill goes to the registered owner of the car; for a rental car that is the rental company, so ask what it charges before you drive in. E-ZPass discounts at the Port Authority crossings apply only to New York and New Jersey accounts. An out-of-state E-ZPass gets the E-ZPass rate in the Congestion Relief Zone if the plate is registered on the account.

Fine: Not read: the penalty for unpaid tolls is not described on the pages we read.

Official LEZ website ↗