Parking Office FAQ

HMS Commuter Services and Parking Office
180B Longwood Avenue, Room 132
Boston, MA 02115-5899
Phone Number: 617-432-1111
Fax Number: 617-432-1757
Email: parking@hms.harvard.edu
Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Except Harvard Holidays)

Individuals who are eligible to receive a parking permit include Quad-based, benefit-eligible faculty and staff with a Harvard University ID.

Parking permits are available only to HMS and HSDM students who live in Vanderbilt Hall.

The HMS offers a 24/7 parking permit, an after-hours parking permit and a motorcycle parking permit to meet the commuting needs of faculty and staff. Parking permits are for commuting use only. HMS parking facilities are not to be used for vehicle storage beyond a three-day period.

HMS faculty, staff and students must apply for a 24/7 parking permit in person at the HMS Commuter Services and Parking Office.

Harvard School of Dental Medicine faculty, staff and students must contact the HSDM Office of Administration and Finance at 617-432-0770 to inquire about a 24/7 parking permit.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty, staff and students must contact the Harvard T.H. Chan School Operations Office at 617-432-1152 to inquire about a 24/7 parking permit.

After-hours parking permit applications for faculty and staff of all schools on the Harvard Longwood Campus.  Please email parking@hms.harvard.edu to have an after hour parking application emailed to you.

Parkers have a number of payment options available to purchase a permit:

• Payroll Deduction.
• Student Term Bill.
• Check or money order that can be paid either quarterly, semi-annually or annually.
• Quad based, benefit-eligible faculty and staff on the regular University payroll are eligible to deduct the parking fees from their paychecks. Employees paid on casual or stipend payrolls must pay for parking permits by check. Annual parking fees are divided evenly and deducted during pay periods from July through June. Depending on payroll procedure, the deduction schedule may change.
• Pretax payroll deduction: recent changes to federal tax laws have made it possible for faculty and staff to pay for personal monthly parking on a pretax basis. As regulated by the IRS, the pretax benefit is intended for those who use their cars to commute to work. Faculty and staff who do not live in University-owned facilities (or have 24-hour tenant parking) and are eligible for payroll deduction are eligible for the pretax benefit. The pretax limit for 2019 is $265.00 a month.

Parking applications are renewed during May and June of each year (unless specified otherwise by the HMS Commuter Services and Parking Office). All registered parkers will receive an email from the HMS Commuter Services and Parking Office notifying them how to renew their parking permit.

Each May, parkers will receive an email from the HMS Commuter Services and Parking Office with instructions on how to renew parking online. Upon receipt of the renewal email, parkers also have the option of printing a form and may to renew in person.

For information regarding parking at the Harvard University Cambridge and Allston campuses please call 617-495-3772 or visit the Harvard University Transportation and Parking website.

Parking reservations can be made by using the online parking reservation system or by calling the HMS Commuter Services and Parking Office at 617-432-1111. Visiting teaching-faculty who need parking should contact their course department representative when scheduled to teach a course.

When making an online parking reservation, the following information is needed:

• Parker’s first and last name
• Vehicle make, model, color and license plate number
• Name, e-mail address and phone number of the person requesting the space
• 33 digit Harvard billing code

Yes. To avoid delay entering the garage, the visitor should have the department representative make a parking reservation prior to the visitor’s arrival.

Please call the HMS Commuter Services and Parking Office at 617-432-1111 for current rates.

Based on availability, either on-site or off-site parking is available to HMS and HSDM students living in Vanderbilt Hall. Students are charged the same annual fee that faculty and staff pay for parking. You may call the Commuter Services and Parking Office at 617-432-1111 (dial 2-1111 on campus) to inquire about availability.

You can be put on the wait list by emailing parking@hms.harvard.edu. Include your name, work address, work phone number, school, and make and model of vehicle. Waitlists are used when an individual is looking to obtain a parking space or when a current parker is looking to change their parking location.

The wait time for parking is unpredictable. Please call the HMS Commuter Services and Parking Office at 617-432-1111 periodically to check the status.

After-hours parking is available Monday through Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., all day on the weekends and during any Harvard holiday. After-hours parking is offered at the Quad Garage located at 200 Longwood Avenue or the NRB Garage located at 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.

Please email parking@hms.harvard.edu or call the HMS Commuter Services and Parking Office at 617-432-1111 to request an electronic parking application.  

Please call the HMS Commuter Services and Parking Office at 617-432-1111 for the current rate.

Harvard Longwood Campus faculty, staff and tenants based in HLC buildings.

For information, click the appropriate link: MBTA bus routes, MBTA transit service, by car or by shuttle.

The entrance is located at 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur Boston, MA 02115. (The entrance ramp to the garage is located at the far end of the NRB building).

The entrance is located at 200 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02115. (The entrance is located between the Harvard School for Dental Medicine and the Warren Alpert Building; proceed down the ramp and turn right before the Warren Alpert Building loading dock.)

The clearance for the Quad Garage is 6'8" and the NRB Garage is 6'8".

Apply online on the Harvard CommuterChoice website or call 800-462-2235.

The limit is one pass per full-time Harvard employee.

No. Discounted T Passes are only available to full-time Harvard employees that are directly paid by the University. Please call your human resources department to see if you are eligible.

If you haven't received your CharlieCard or have lost it, or if it becomes defective, contact Wage Works at 877-924-3967 or contact the HU CommuterChoice Office at 617-384-7433 or commuterchoice@harvard.edu.

Please click here for bus information to the Harvard Longwood Campus.

Please click here for an MBTA transit service to Harvard Longwood Campus.