Snow Parking in Providence

Parking on any street in Providence is banned overnight without an overnight parking permit. During parking bans declared by the City in a snow emergency, all residents, even those with an overnight parking permit are forbidden to park on city streets.

Since many Providence residents do not have access to an off-street parking space, the Smiley Administration has expanded snow parking options beginning in the Winter of 2025 following a successful snow parking pilot program.

This winter, Providence overnight parking permit holders will be able to park at one of sixteen approved locations citywide. The approved locations are listed below. If there is not an approved location in your area, you may park in a nearby approved location. The approved locations include:

  • On-street locations adjacent to city parks,
  • Parking lots within city parks,
  • And a few on-street locations on particularly wide streets.
Permit holders can move their vehicle to an approved location once a parking ban is announced. Permit holders have eight hours to move their vehicle from the approved location once the parking ban is lifted. If the vehicle remains in place longer than eight hours after the parking ban is lifted it will be subject to ticketing and towing.

For example: A snow parking ban is announced to be in effect at 6pm on Tuesday. Residents in the pilot wards can park in an approved location once the parking ban goes into effect. If that parking ban is lifted at 6pm the following day (Wednesday in our example), residents have until 2:00am Thursday to move their vehicle from the approved location. If residents leave their cars in the approved location after the 8-hour grace period they will be subject to ticketing and towing to allow city plows to come back and complete plowing in a timely manner.

Please note: Snow parking IS enforceable by the police. If you are parked on-street in a location not approved for snow parking, you are subject to ticketing and towing. Parking next to fire hydrants or in front of fire stations is STILL forbidden during a snowstorm.

Approved Snow Parking Locations

On-street Parking Adjacent to City Parks:

  • Conlan Memorial Park (View PDF Map):
    • Messer Street between the eastern edge of the fire dept. driveway and Kenwood Street.
    • Kenwood Street between Messer Street and Waverly Street.
    • Waverly Street between Kenwood Street and Sorrento Street.
    • Sorrento Street between Waverly Street and Union Avenue.
Permit holders must park on the park side of Messer, Kenwood, Waverly, and Sorrento immediately adjacent to the park.

  • Columbia Park (View PDF Map):
    • Michigan Avenue between Vermont Avenue and California Avenue on both sides of the street.
  • Dexter Park (View PDF Map):
    • Hollywood Road between Dexter Street and Parade Street.
    • Dexter Street between Hollywood Road and Durfee Street.
    • Parade Street between Wood Street and Hollywood Road.
Permit holders must park on the park side of Dexter, Hollywood, and Parade, immediately adjacent to the park.

Parking Lots in City Parks:

  • India Point Park Parking Lot: 201 India Street (View PDF Map)
  • Prete-Metcalf Fields and Parking Lot: 199 Hawkins Street (View PDF Map)
  • Neutaconkanut Park Parking Lot: 899 Plainfield Street
  • Roger Williams Park:
    • RWP Botanic Garden Parking Lot: 1 Floral Avenue (View PDF Map)
    • RWP Casino Parking Lot: F. C. Greene Memorial Blvd (View PDF Map)
    • RWP Natural History Museum Parking Lots: F. C. Greene Memorial Blvd (View PDF Map)
    • RWP Tennis Courts Lot 1: 100 Hawthorne Avenue (View PDF Map)
    • RWP Tennis Courts 2/Cal Ripken Baseball Parking Lot: 100 Hawthorne Ave (View PDF Map)
    • RWP Softball Field Parking Lot: F.C. Greene Memorial Blvd (View PDF Map)

On-Street Parking

  • Blackstone Boulevard (View PDF Map):
    • Northbound: Swan Point Cemetery to Alfred Stone Road
    • Southbound: Hope Street to North Avenue
  • Doyle Avenue: North Main Street to Hope Street (both sides of street) (View PDF Map)
  • Corliss Street: Charles Street to West River Street (west side of street only) (View PDF Map)
Please Note: There are more overnight parking permit holders than there are spaces available in the approved snow parking locations. Snow parking is first come, first serve. If you are an overnight parking permit holder and you have access to off-street parking, please leave the snow parking spots for permit holders without access to off-street parking.