Macy’s Parking Garage

It’s ridiculously hard to get to the front of the entrance in this garage. The best way to get to the entrance is going north on 4^th, pass Macy’s, and turn left. The parking garage will be on your left. It’s very confusing. The garage is very full, and loops around.

Btw… Macy’s doesn’t own this parking garage anymore. In fact, it’s been years. I’m not sure who owns it, but it isn’t as good. They caved and sold/​leased/​what ever, two floors: levels A and B, to car rental companies! So now there aren’t as many places to park, and we have to deal with rental car customers who don’t know what they’re doing driving up the ramp and sometimes blocking it. (Although I will say it doesnt happen very often, but we haven’t hit tourist season yet.) Seattle needs more parking not less of it.

If you’re downtown for shopping, there are better parking options.
This is a roomy lot, so you’re likely to find space here, however, it’s chilly, being out in the open air, and the cost can be a bit north of other lots. The one nice thing is it has a sky bridge to Macy’s, so if you’re shopping there, it may be worth checking out. I always go to Pacific Place, and after last night, I will continue to do so.
I came down to shop around 4:30pm. I am typically not a driver when I’m downtown, so I had no clear sense where the parking entrance was, let alone how to get to the lot itself, given there were so many one way streets, and the street I really needed to be on at one point is off-​limits to cars during rush hour (3^rd Ave).
When I finally found the entrance, it was nearly too late. It was a narrow passage that was hidden by all the egress lanes.
It’s kind of sad this garage wasn’t torn down for development as was originally planned. I definitely wouldn’t have missed it. It’s serviceable, and cheaper than the pure pavement options surrounding, but there’s so much better downtown for the casual shopper.

I like this garage a lot — early bird special is $ 11.25 and I think you just have to be in before 10am, so not even that early. I get in around 8am and there is plenty of parking, I usually get a spot on level B. Also, if you’re trying to get to I5 north or south, this is the place to park because you just zip down Olive and you’re there.

I have never had problems finding a parking spot. I use a parking pass which saves me alot of money each money rather than pay daily, which can get very expensive. (around $ 30 a day) I always park on the level G and my car has never got broken into.

My car was broken into — passenger window smashed — blood and glass everywhere.
No response from Republic Parking (garage owner)
security officer says that its a frequent occurrence — so be wary, very wary.