Parking in New Orleans
Roughly two categories of people can face parking problems in New Orleans – tourists who are new to the city and residents who have trouble interpreting confusing parking signs. Our New Orleans parking page is meant to answer all your parking questions, whether its about lots, garages or on-street parking.
Parking is anything but cheap in New Orleans. Hourly rates are between $5 and $12, with an average 24 hour rate of $21.00. You can save a bit by parking before 9 am (early bird rate) however you won’t be able to leave earlier than the preset hour (usually about 3 pm). Also, you cannot stay longer than 6 pm. Monthly rates are around $145.00.
On street parking is enforced from Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm. Short term meters allow 2 hours of maximum stay for $1.50 per hour. Long-term meters allow a maximum stay of up to 10 hours for $1.00 each hour. Be careful to check for prohibited parking in designated rush hour zones from 7 am - 9 am and 4 pm - 6 pm.
On-street parking can be paid by coins, credit and debit cards and using the Parkmobile app.
Parking rates and parking availability in New Orleans greatly depend on the neighborhood; you can check out the following maps for reference.
- Parking in the French Quarter
- Parking at New Orleans Arena
- Parking along Fulton Street
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
To see how much you’ll be charged for the most common parking violations and how to pay them, check out City of New Orleans parking webpage.
Attractions
- Saenger Performing Arts Center
- Musee Conti Wax Museum
- Germaine Wells Mardi Gras Museum
- New Orleans Jazz Museum
- Louisiana Maritime Museum
- Louisiana Supreme Court Museum
- Louisiana Wildlife Museum
- Omni Royal Orleans Hotel
- New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
- House of Blues
- New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
- New Orleans Arena
- Louisiana Superdome
- Backstreet Cultural Museum
- Louisiana Museum of African American History
- Riverboat Cajun Queen
- Cajun Queen Riverboat
- American Italian Renaissance Museum
- New Orleans African - American Museum of Art Culture and History
- Louisiana Children's Museum
- Contemporary Arts Center
- Ogden Museum of Southern Art
- Howlin Wolf
- National World War II Museum
- Ernest N. Morial Center
- Friends of Algiers Courthouse Museum
- Tipitinas Ruins
Theaters
Buildings
- God Promised Day Care Center
- New Orleans Police Department First District
- Covenant House
- New Orleans Police Department Eighth District
- New Orleans Public Library
- Law Library of Louisiana
- Spanish Commandancia
- Historic New Orleans Library
- Reed Art Gallery
- Orleans Parish Office Uptown Branch
- Court of the Two Lions
- Williams Research Center
- Duncan Plaza Civic Center
- Court of the Two Sisters
- Municipal Auditorium
- JCC Nursery School
- Orleans Parish Civil Sheriff's Office
- New Orleans Criminal Justice Coordinator - Office
- New Orleans Criminal Justice - Office
- New Orleans City Hall
- New Orleans Arts and Craft Club
- Clovis A Brantley Baptist Center
- Cabildo
- The Presbytere
- Louisiana State Museum Library
- Gallier Hall
- Saint Marks Community Day Care Center Number 2
- Boggs Federal Building
- Cabrini Day Care Center
- Treme Community Center
- Naval Support Activity Child Development Center
- Rivergate International Exhibition Center
- UNIKIDS Academy
- North Ranpart Community Center
- American Italian Renaissance Library
- New Orleans Police Department - Gaming Division
- School Sisters of Notre Dame Convent
- Beauregard - Keyes House
- Catholic Cultural Heritage Center
- World Trade Center
- Warrington House for Boys
- Crescent House
- Orleans Parish Office Mid - Town Branch
- Saint Marks Fourth Baptist Church Day Care Center
- Hume Child Development Center
- Tommy and Bills Day Care Number 3
- Old United States Mint
- E J Thompson Multipurpose Center
- New Orleans City Hall Annex
- New Orleans Police Department - Public Integrity Division
- Howard Memorial Library
- Confederate Memorial Hall
- Musee Rosette Rochon
- Saint John The Baptist Community Center
- Preservation Resource Center
- Girls and Boys Town Emergency Shelter for Boys
- Mid City Academy of Preschool Learning
- New Orleans Police Department
- Small World Childcare and Learning Center
- House of Ruth
- New Orleans Convention Center
- City Wide Daycare Center
- Odessey House Louisiana
- All Day Child Care Center
- Pratt - Stanton Manor Adult Care Facility
- Friendship House
- Broad Street Jail
- New Orleans Police Department Sixth District
Schools
- Saint Jude School of Religion
- Good Shepherd School
- Cathedral Academy School
- McDonogh 15 KIPP Transformation School
- McDonogh Number 37 School
- Albert Wicker Elementary School
- Rabouin Career Magnet High School
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
- Albert Wicker School
- New Orleans School of Glass Works and Printmaking
- Saint Peter Claver Elementary School
- Bell School
- Joseph S Clark Senior High School
- Andrew J Bell Junior High School
- McDonogh 35 Senior High School
- Saint Aloysius High School
- Saint Gerard Majella Alternative School
- Saint John the Baptist Preschool and Head Start
- Welcome Transition School
- New Orleans Christian Academy
- New Orleans Center for the Education of Adults
- Martin Luther King Jr Head Start Center School
- KIPP Central City Academy School
- Booker T Washington High School
Hospitals
- Tulane Xavier National Womens Center and Clinic
- Oscar Medrano Clinic
- Tulane Hospital for Children
- Tulane University Hospital and Clinic
- Sickle Cell Center of Southern Louisiana
- Tulane University Medical Center
- Charity Hospital
- Louisiana State University Medical Center
- New Orleans Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Oasis Rehabilitation Hospital
- Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Medical Center of Louisiana
- Maison Hospitaliere
- Hotel Dieu