Emerson/Lytton Lot (A)

How it is free

• Free for anyone (up to 2 hr)

  Free public surface lot in the downtown Coral color zone: park free up to 2 hours. Time limits are enforced Mon-Fri 8am-5pm (holidays excepted); evenings, weekends and holidays are unrestricted/free. Do not overstay 2 hours or re-park in the same Coral zone the same day (citation/tow risk). Optional all-day visitor permit is $25/day.

Details

Daily max

$25

Hours

Color-zone time limits enforced Mon-Fri 8am-5pm (holidays excepted); free/unenforced evenings, weekends and holidays

Public surface lot in the Coral zone: first 2 hours free for anyone (surface-lot limit). Enforcement is Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, holidays excepted, so evenings/weekends/holidays are unrestricted. After 2 hours you must leave the Coral zone and cannot re-park in it the same day or you risk a citation/tow; an optional all-day visitor permit is $25/day. The city's Free Hourly Parking page currently shows "update in progress," so the posted facility signage is the final authority.

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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