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Great Places To Park In Detroit

Finding a safe place to leave your car in a big city like Detroit isn't always easy, and it isn't always cheap. That's why you should check out these venues first:

Greektown Casino Garage
Monroe
Detroit, MI 48226
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Cost: Free With Validation

The well-to-do owners of Greektown Casino will validate your parking ticket from the attached garage for free. All you have to do is ask someone inside to point you towards the counter where they'll do it for you.

Compuware Garage
One Campus Martius
Enter on Farmer Street (Behind Compuware and Under Covered Bridge)
Detroit, MI 48226
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Cost: Free With Validation (May Require A Purchase)

Visitors to the Compuware Garage may have their ticket validated for free parking inside the attached Compuware complex. Your best bet is to buy a magazine or book at Borders and get a validation, or if you are really broke, ask a Hard Rock Cafe employee in their retail store to do so. They typically will not ask you to purchase anything (just look like you ate already).

Grand Circus Park Garage
Woodward Avenue Between Witherell and Adams
Detroit, MI 48226
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Cost: Typically $5

Unknown to many, the Grand Circus Park garage is located under both the east and west halfs on the park as it crosses Woodward Avenue near the Stadium District and Foxtown. Turn off of Woodard onto Witherell or Adams and follow them around to find one of two entrances to the garage. If one entrance is closed, the other is usually open.

Downtown Library Street Parking
Library Street Between Grand River and Gratiot or
Farmer Street Between Grand River and Gratiot
Detroit, MI 48226
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Cost: Change

Metered parking may often be found on the streets surrounding the downtown branch of Detroit's public library. If it's full when you pass, be patient. Patrons to Cafe Detroit frequently come and go.

Madison Avenue Street Parking
Madison Avenue Between Grand Circus Park and I-375
Detroit, MI 48226
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Cost: Change

Between the freeway and Grand Circus Park runs Madison Avenue, home to a district court, several theaters, and a snobby athletic club. The street, divided by a landscpaed median for much of its length, also boasts lots of metered parking.

Olympia Entertainment Lots Near Comerica Park
East And West of Woodward Between Grand Circus Park and Mack Ave.
Detroit, MI 48226
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Cost: $3-$20

Depending on the mood they're in, the Illitches, owners of Olympia Entertainment company, offer a wealth of street and garage parking throughout the theater and stadium districts.If you get their early, you can sometimes catch the $3 special at Madison and Grand Circus Park; if you get their late, you could pay up to $20 for one of the thousands of spaces offered by Olympia inc.

Brush Park
East of Woodward, North of I-75
Detroit, MI 48XXX
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Cost: Free

For the budget traveler, free street parking is available north just north of downtown Detroit in the Brush Park residential neighborhood. Probably you'll want to set your car along John R. Street (one block east of Woodward) or Winder (one block north of I-75). Though stolen cars are rare in this up-and-coming neighborhood, please remember that free parking does not come with security guards.