Parking at Children’s Hospital DC
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Anonymous
| Any tips? |
Anonymous
| They have a parking garage. |
Anonymous
| The parking can be a real mess there but they have valets. |
Anonymous
| Leave a little extra time. Underground parking. |
Anonymous
It’s a campus, not neighborhood, so it’s really just the parking garage. |
Anonymous
| We used to go there often. For early morning appointments, one could park fairly easily in the garage. But after a while be prepared to park alongside cars and leave your key in the car, even if you're not valeting. The garage is really not that large considering all of the visitors and patients. But we were always able to find a place to park, with direction. |
Anonymous
The underground parking is for employees. The visitor parking is on the uppermost level and is quite limited considering the patient volumes at times. Allow extra time for your appointment. |
Anonymous
| Agree with others to allow extra time, but we were there quite often this spring for some testing/treatments, some first thing in the morning and some late morning, and never had any trouble finding a spot. |
Anonymous
It is dark and quite dangerous. |
Anonymous
Use the valet. |
Anonymous
| Add 30-45 mins to your arrival time to search for parking and restrooms. Write down the level you parked at, the elevator you use, and how many floors it is to exit the garage into the main building. Not fun to guesstimate your way back to your car after a long exhausting appointment. |
Anonymous
| I find the parking situation at children’s extremely stressful, but they have lots of attendants guiding you to spots. Give yourself plenty of time and you should be fine. |
Anonymous
I agree, and I really don't want to stress the OP out, but I agree with all the advice to allow extra time for parking, getting into the building, registering, etc. There are plenty of attendants and directions for parking, so it's not complicated, just slow. I have a medically complicated kid and we do any appointments we can at the regional offices even though we live closer to the main hospital. I save the main hospital only for absolute necessity. That said, you'll be fine, OP, but take these people seriously when they say allow extra time before your appointment! |
Anonymous
| Thanks everyone. I guess street parking isn’t an option. |
Anonymous
No, there is no street parking unless you want to walk multiple blocks. And even then you need to have an RPP in the zone to park for any extended period. FWIW, the garage is not “dark and dangerous” like a PP said. I have spent a lot of time there with my son the past 2 weeks and it is a perfectly fine, normal garage in terms of safety. |