Did you know? 


At Lot 5 and the surrounding side streets near 520 Franklin Ave, Garden City Medical Center, parking is limited to just 2 hours. For clinicians, nurses, medical assistants, surgical staff, and other healthcare professionals, this rule isn’t just inconvenient; it’s unworkable.

Why 2-Hour Parking Fails Our Healthcare Workers & Patients:


- Clinicians carry heavy patient schedules, often delivering difficult news, managing emergencies, or performing outpatient procedures that cannot be paused every two hours to move a car.


- Countless staff are forced to interrupt patient care, or accept unavoidable parking tickets, simply because they are doing their job.


- Patients regularly wait over 2 hours. By the time they are seen, it is already too late to move their vehicle.

- Elderly patients, individuals with mobility limitations, or parents with young children may struggle to move their cars every 2 hours.

The result? An endless cycle of parking fines that punish both those providing care and those receiving it.  


The “Alternative” Isn’t a Real Solution


Currently, the only workaround is a burdensome permit process for Fields 5 & 6:

A formal letter on company letterhead listing all employees


A signed application from both employer and employee


A photocopy of a valid vehicle registration


A $300 fee per application, paid to the Inc. Village of Garden City 


This process excludes patients, it is expensive, time-consuming, and unrealistic for many staff, especially part-time workers, volunteers, per-diem employees, and new hires.

Healthcare should be accessible. 
Parking shouldn’t be a barrier.   


It’s time for Garden City to support its healthcare community. 


We are asking the Village of Garden City to make one straightforward, compassionate change: Eliminate or expand the 2-hour parking limit entirely in this medical zone. This change would support the people who care for our community every day and protect vulnerable patients from unnecessary hardship.  


Join us in requesting fair, humane parking policies.  
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