de Young Museum area free street parking (Golden Gate Park)

How it is free

• Free for anyone

  Unmetered public street parking on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and adjacent Golden Gate Park streets near the de Young; $0 for anyone with no purchase or membership. Observe posted signs for time limits and street-cleaning (sweeping) days. This free status is scheduled to end when SF begins metering Golden Gate Park on Jan 1, 2027.

Details

Free unmetered public street parking along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive near the de Young; $0 for anyone today, but check posted signs for time limits and street-cleaning (sweeping) days when you must move your car, and note spots fill by midday. SF plans to begin paid metering across Golden Gate Park on Jan 1, 2027, which will end this free parking; the paid alternative is the Music Concourse Garage at $5-6/hour ($35/day, open 7am-7pm).

More free & effectively-free parking nearby

• Baker Beach Parking Lot
• Blue Heron Lake (Stow Lake) Parking
• Bryant/Lytton Garage (S/L)
• California Avenue Parking Garage (Lot 7 - 350 Sherman Garage)
• Central Garage
• China Beach Parking Lot
• Civic Center Garage (CC)
• Coit Tower parking lot
• Cowper/Hamilton Lot (H)
• Crissy Field East Beach Lot
• Downtown Parking Structure (California St & Bryant St)
• Downtown Parking Structure 1 (Bryant & California)

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