JFK Airport

I have stayed at all three facilities. The constant was SmartPark JFK was the cheapest and the best service by far. No problems with my car at pickup.

Has anyone else used SmartPark. Is it safe?

yes

they'd find out how long you've stayed. they have security that accounts for every car parked. this is to protect them from people who parked for more than a day, and think they can pay only for a day, by lying and saying they lost the ticket.

Long term parking is outdoors so you won't have a problem.

Check out www.buyreservations.com very good service.

None of the hotels seem to allow you to keep your car ther unless you are staying at the hotel for the duration.

Good to know. Note that AirPark is a different lot than the official long-term lot where you park yourself there is monorail service to the terminals. Very convenient the one time I used it.

is there an additional charge for SUVs?

I used it many times & it is extremely efficient and quick to get to any terminal. 10-12 min max incl wait time for the tram. Tram is very close to the long term paking facility. The parking lot actually surrounds the tram entrance.

Avistar at Newark has the same criminals working for them. Had GPS stolen from hidden armrest compartment. Manager and staff didn't have a care in the world. Totally an inside job.

Tried to make claim with corporate only to find out they are worse than the dirtbags that work at the lots. Was told they aren't responsible. The claim agent actually had the nerve to imply I was lying. Even after filing a report with Newark police at 2am in downtown Newark at the station!!!!!

Will never recommend.

They are HORRIBLE. We used them coming home from visiting family in Texas...there were flight delays, so we arrived a Midnight...we waited 2 HOURS (with a 7 month old) for them to get our car. Then they came back and said they LOST OUR KEYS....Took my Dad to the car...he searched for them, to no avail. They FINALLY offered to get us a rental car home...but we'd have to pay for it and they'd reimburse us...We got home at 5...Dad drove back with rental car at 9am...they STILL had an hour wait, and no keys...Gave him a hard time about taking him back to rental return...All this and Dad found the keys in the corner of the door pocket...NO APOLOGIES from ANYONE...Worst experience EVER....

BEWARE!!!!! THEY ARE TERRIBLE I parked there for a week and when I came back the driver's side door was smashed and the inner door panel was in the back seat. They said the car was that way when it arrived and tried to show me their hand written note saying that the car was damaged when it arrived. The door wouldn't even close properly.
I took it to an auto body shop and they took photos and wrote that the damage was done when the door was hit when it was open - a common parking garage accident. The auto body shop also wrote that there was no rust on the damaged metal, so the damage had to occur within the last two or three days. Since the car was there for a week, it could not have been damaged when it arrived.
Despite all this info, AVISTAR claimed that both its manager and regional manager saw the car arrive damaged. There reaction was to totally ignore my letters and calls.
After reading all these comments, you decide if its safe to park your car there.

The long term lot has the little push carts that you can rent for a couple bucks. You can then wheel your luggage from the car to the building that has the monorail. The building has elevators too, so getting to the platform is easy. Monorail takes you directly to any of the terminals and you can take the cart and luggage on to the monorail and leave the cart at the terminal.

However, with parking now $18 a day in long term, you may want to look into off airport options if it's a long trip.

Nope. Runs all night. Its pretty easy, just remember where you parked!

The AirTrain schedule is on this brochure:
http://www.panynj.gov/airtrain/pdfdownload/jfk_brochure_english.pdf
I've never had to wait longer than 10 minutes. You can usually park closer to the Howard Beach station (northwestern side of the lot), compared to the Long Term Parking Lot station, if you prefer a shorter walk.

aliuta, you are right. I was paying $18 or so at Avistar. Never again. Use a place called SmartPark JFK. There rate is only $12.

don't bothe parking there. take the LIRR to jamaica, get off the train, hang a left and follow the signs to airtrain. it's $5 each way. it's easy, convenient and inexpensive. i love it.

Who wants to hike? Trains, trekking, all this to catch a flight.

ok..yes, i totally get the "wow, can't believe they are charging $18/day for longterm parking!" but...if you really look at the breakdown...its 18 for the first 24 hrs and then 6 every 12 hrs after...so its really only 12/day which is better than some of the other places that include tax and have to drive u in traffic to the terminal.The JFK longterm pking is soooooo much easier and you can use ezpass to pay at the end. hope this helps!

Definitely use the Long Term Parking at JFK and avoid all the schlack and risk of having your vehicle vandalized, damaged for a lousy couple of dollars. Do the right thing and have piece of mind. Imagine returning from a vacation or a business trip and discover your vehicle was messed up....fugeddaboudit.

Why are you lying? It is $18 per day, and is the most expensive parking within all other JFK parking lots. The other private parking lots is not any harder to get in and out then JFK's parking lot.
People be aware, JFK long term parking lot charges $18 per day. For a week, Sunday to Sunday I paid $138.

If you look again you'll $18/day after that $6 for every 8 hours, so is coming up to $18 which is the same like the first day. 8x3=24 (6x3=18) I don't know where did you come up with $6 for every 12 hours?

Ohh, ok, than I do apologies for my remark. I was getting it that is $18 every day. Thank you for the info, I was planing to use one of those parking companies, but good thing i checked back here and thank you for posting this message, now I will park my car at JFK long term parking.
Thanks again!

recheck your math. you were right the first time. $6 per 8 hours after the first day. Three 8 hr time periods per day... $6 times 3 does indeed equal $18 per day (24 hour period of time) after the first day. Still $18 a day, $6 for the first 8, $6 for the second 8, $6 for the third. now if you got to the lot before 16 hours went by on a particular day, you'd pay only $12 for that day, or $6 if under eight hours.