Icon - QUIK PARK

3rd Avenue runs fast and straight from Midtown into the quieter blocks east of Park Avenue South, so the shape of convenient parking is easy to guess. Icon - QUIK PARK fills a slice of that corridor at 1142 3rd Ave, offering daily and short-term checkout in a category you’ll recognize on sight. The garage sits two blocks south of the 59th Street crosstown traffic jam, handy if you’re dumping a car before the FDR or dashing to Grand Central. Skip circling the block—swap your wheels here.

Call (212) 628-4512 when the late-day shadows cool the street and the lane for exit is clearer. They handle pay-as-you-go spots, some EV chargers stitched between the lanes, and a dedicated handicap row up front, so the turnaround can feel organized even on busy nights. Event pricing pops up on weekends, yet midweek the rates still beat most curb-side gouging along the East River side streets. Cash or card, kiosk or app, the exit lane swipes clean fast enough to keep the meter maid away from your rear bumper.

A two-minute walk drops you at a couple of coffee shops and the Q train stop if you’re pairing parking with mass transit. The next block over has a sprinkling of lunch counters and a pharmacy for anything you forgot—phone charger, sketch of the floor plan, directions back. After six, the sidewalks empty just enough to make the garage’s lit entry feel less urgent and more practical.

Tap the dot on this map to beeline for the exit lane and the shortest route back to the FDR.