Downtown parking

Menlo Park offers convenient downtown parking at eight parking plazas and on-street. There are approximately 1,440 free public parking spaces available.

Parking is enforced from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Friday, for all time-regulated spaces. 

Parking time limits

• Free three-hour parking is available in Plazas 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
  • Visitors can extend their parking stay in Plazas 1 and 5 by paying for a parking permit at one of the kiosks.
• Free two-hour parking is available in Plaza 4.
• Time limits for on-street parking spaces vary from fifteen minutes to two hours.

For more information on parking permits, visit www.menlopark.gov/parkingpermits.

For more information about Plaza 7 and 8 resurfacing visit www.menlopark.gov/plazas7and8.