Motorists urged to take advantage of other Huntington Village parking options
Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone advises persons planning on visiting Huntington Village over the next four months that portions of the Gerard Street municipal parking lot will be closed for the lot’s long-awaited, much-needed reconstruction.
The project includes resurfacing the lot for increased safety, installing a bioswale system to facilitate drainage and reconfiguring the lot to add spaces.
While the lot will be closed to cars, pedestrian walkways will remain open to provide access to businesses that face the parking lot. During construction, access to the open portion of the lot will be limited to Gerard Street.
Motorists seeking alternative parking locations can refer to the map in a Village Parking brochure that is available at Town Hall, at local libraries and at participating Village stores. They can also download the map from the Town’s website at http://www.huntingtonny.gov/parking-map.
To ease availability of parking for shoppers, the Town is encouraging merchants and business owners to ask their employees to park at Mill Dam Park. The Town’s HART bus system will be running shuttle buses from the park to selected stops in the Village, with increased service during peak employee arrival and departure times. The shuttle is free and available to anyone, not just employees.
The shuttle will operate from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday. During morning and evening peak hours – 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. – the shuttle will operate at 15-minute intervals. During off-peak times, the shuttle will operate at half-hour intervals.
The Town is also working with the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce, the Huntington Village Business Improvement District and the Paramount Theater to explore other parking options for people who work in the Village.
“I appreciate everybody’s patience and understanding as we undertake this important and necessary project,” Supervisor Petrone said.