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Parking on Wilton Drive, solved: rates, lots and the $10 night

City lots are free until 6 p.m., then $2 an hour and never more than $10 for the night. Meters, the four-hour daytime limit, where the lots are and how to pay.

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Good news first: parking near Wilton Drive is simpler than it looks. The city runs all of it through one parking office, Park Wilton Manors, and the rules fit on an index card. Here they are, straight from the city’s parking page, checked October 22, 2026.

The index card

  • City lots: free every day from 3 a.m. to 6 p.m. From 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. they cost $2 an hour, or $10 for the whole night.
  • Street meters on Wilton Drive and the side streets: $2 an hour, every day from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m.
  • Daytime limit at meters: between 5 a.m. and 8 p.m., four hours at most.
  • Paying: card, the ParkMobile app, a QR code, a text or a phone call. Details below.

The one number to remember is $10. After 6 p.m., that’s the most a city lot charges for the entire night, while a meter keeps charging $2 an hour. Going out for the evening? Head for a lot.

Where the lots are

The city says it has five lots around the downtown area. Its parking page names these four:

  • Richardson Park lot, at Richardson Park, 1937 Wilton Drive. Handy for the south end of the Drive.
  • City Hall and Hagen Park lot, 2020 Wilton Drive, also near the south end.
  • NE 8th Terrace lot, at NE 26th Street, near Five Points. Handy for the north end of the Drive.
  • 23 @ 23, at NE 11th Avenue and NE 23rd Drive.

The city’s parking map marks the lots in orange and the metered streets with dotted red lines. It’s worth a glance before you go.

How to pay

Take your pick:

  • Card: right at the meter or pay station.
  • App: ParkMobile, from the App Store or Google Play.
  • QR code: scan the code on the meter or pay station.
  • Text: text “Park” to 77223.
  • Phone: call (877) 727-5714.

Or skip the car

The city takes $5 off Lyft and Uber rides to the arts and entertainment district. That includes Wilton Drive and the theater district along Dixie Highway. The discount covers the first 100 rides on each app on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 5 p.m. to midnight, and on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The codes are on the city’s ride-sharing page. Nobody has to be the designated driver.

Got a ticket?

The parking office is Park Wilton Manors, 517 NE 21st Court, (954) 566-3704, wiltonmanors@lanierparking.com. The city’s parking page links to pay or appeal a citation.

Big nights are different

Special events change the rules. For Wicked Manors on October 31, Wilton Drive closes to traffic from NE 20th Street to Five Points, and the organizer runs paid parking at the Pride Center. Our Wicked Manors guide has the details.

We’ll add photos of the meter and lot signs after we walk the Drive. If a rate here doesn’t match the sign in front of you, the sign wins. Please tell us so we can fix it.

Sources

  1. City of Wilton Manors — Parking (rates, payment options, lots, Park Wilton Manors contact)
  2. City of Wilton Manors — public parking map (PDF)
  3. City of Wilton Manors — ride-sharing discounts

Based on the linked public documents. Something wrong here?Tell us and we will correct it in place.