To help serve this need, downtown Bloomington offers many parking opportunities.
On-Street Parking
Rate: Metered, on-street parking is available in downtown Bloomington at a rate of $0.25 per 15 minutes.
Enforcement Times & Days: Meters are enforced Monday through Saturday, from 8 am to 9 pm. On-street parking is free on Sundays and City holidays.
Payment Options: Meters will accept $1 coins, quarters, dimes, and nickels. Meters also accept MasterCard, Visa, and Discover cards. When paying with a credit card a convenience fee of $0.30 per transaction will be added and there is a one-hour minimum purchase. Meters do not accept paper currency and do not give change. You can also pay the meter using the Parkmobile app, which uses the Pay-As-You-Go system. Please note: you are responsible for any fees incurred if you forget to stop the timer when you return to your car.
Approximately 250 free, mostly non-time-limited on-street spaces are available in the following locations:
On Rogers Street, from 5th Street to 11th Street (limit of two hours).
On Madison Street, from 2nd Street to 3rd Street.
On Washington Street, from 2nd Street to 3rd Street.
On Lincoln Street, from 3rd Street to E. Smith Street.
On Grant Street, from 2nd Street to E. Smith Street.
The employee parking lot at City Hall (after 5 pm).
Garages and Surface Lots
Two downtown parking garages are available for visitor use. These parking facilities are inexpensive and convenient, and also offer bicycle parking. Hourly fees for garage parking are $0.50 per hour. Both garages offer one hour free parking Monday through Saturday. Sundays are free to park at all garages.
GARAGES
LOCATION
Morton Street
The entrance is located at 220 N. Morton Street, between 6th and 7th Streets. Ideal for visiting the Farmers' Market, City Hall, and the B-Line Trail.
Walnut Street
The entrance is located at 302 N. Walnut Street, between 7th and 8th Streets. Ideal for visiting the Bloomington Playwrights Project, the Downtown Square, and North Walnut Street.
Walnut Street
Entrance is located at 302 N. Walnut Street, between 7th and 8th Streets. Ideal for visiting the Bloomington Playwrights Project, the Downtown Square and North Walnut Street. This is a "Three Free" garage until 6pm on weekdays and weekends from 6am-12pm.
Several surface lots are also available for visitor use in the downtown area. Surface lot parking is metered at a rate of $1.00 per hour. Each surface lot is ParkMobile ready. Surface lots are enforced Monday through Saturday from 8 am - 9 pm. Free parking is available daily after 9 pm, on Sundays, and all official City of Bloomington holidays.
SURFACE LOTS
LOCATION
E. 6th Street & Lincoln Street
Entrances on 6th Street and Lincoln Street. Ideal for visiting Kirkwood Avenue and the Downtown Square.
E. 4th Street & Dunn Street
The entrance is on Dunn Street. Ideal for visiting the Sample Gates area and the many restaurants on Kirkwood Avenue and Fourth Street.
E. 4th Street & Washington Street
The entrance is on 4th Street. Ideal for visiting the Buskirk-Chumley Theater and the John Waldron Arts Center.
E. 3rd Street & Washington Street
The entrance is on Washington Street. Ideal for visiting Waldron, Hill, & Buskirk Park (also known as Third Street Park).
Please note that parking is prohibited between 3 am and 6 am in many areas to allow for street maintenance. Some residential areas near the IU Campus are part of the Neighborhood Parking Permit Program. In these areas, only vehicles with permits are allowed to park on the street between 8 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday. More information about parking enforcement can be found in the parking services section of the City of Bloomington website.
Information about visitor parking on the Indiana University campus can be found on the Campus Parking page.
