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SavingsMany4486 t1_j3lae7a wrote

Reply to Overnight street parking around Pentagon/Crystal City in Arlington? by fiafia59

One suggestion is to walk up to a front desk of a hotel and ask if their parking lot requires a parking ticket. A lot of hotels let customers park their cars without any signage, which also means you can just park your car overnight for multiple days without staying at the hotel. I've done this at Marriotts before, just not ones in Arlington.

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NoVaFlipFlops t1_j3kck7w wrote

Reply to comment by fiafia59 in Overnight street parking around Pentagon/Crystal City in Arlington? by fiafia59

It's so common you should be fine. My favorite spot is the first entrance after turning right onto Crystal Dr from 15th Street. When you get to the bottom of the garage there is sort of a separate area to the right and rear (behind you). Even if you take a ticket because you pull in during the day the gates are up in the evenings. At least they used to be. If not there then on 23rd.

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VelocityRD t1_j3jsc18 wrote

Reply to Overnight street parking around Pentagon/Crystal City in Arlington? by fiafia59

Much of the Pentagon/Crystal City is governed by PayMobile stations or area permits. Some PayMobile areas are 12-hour limits, which would be ideal if you want to minimize the number of times you have to move your car. (One example is the block of Joyce Street next to VA Highlands Park.) I think the PM 12-hour zone rate is about $1.50-75 per hour, so $18-21/day plus a nominal fee.

Some permitted areas have no restrictions between 5PM Friday and 8AM Monday. Joyce Street south of the park fits into that.

Fern Street between 18th and 23rd features both the 12-hour ParkMobile spots and the free-weekend spots.

Crystal City Shops parking is free before 6am and after 4pm on the weekdays, and is free throughout the weekend. $21/day max.

EDIT: As you move away from the immediate Metro vicinity, your options for free street parking improve. For instance, the 1200 block of South Nash Street is often available and is only ten minutes' walk from the Pentagon City Mall.

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champiman16 t1_j2xxfyw wrote

Reply to comment by SenTedStevens in Best theater to see Avatar by CaptMans1

Watched Top Gun: Maverick there and it was awesome. Only thing is that seats are first come first serve so you will probably need to be there quite a bit before the showing (1-1.5 hours) before doors open to get good seats

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[deleted] t1_j2xiofm wrote

Reply to Best theater to see Avatar by CaptMans1

I saw it at the AMC in Court House and thought the experience was good.

I don’t have any other theaters in the area to compare as a reference point unfortunately

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