UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2024:

As of November 18, 2024, the cathedral has implemented a new system for paid parking in the cathedral lots. Parking fees can now be paid using the PayByPhone mobile app. Since this is the same app used by the City of Seattle, many will already have this app on their phones. New signs in the parking lots will explain the new system. Including taxes and fees, the total parking rate when payment is required will be $2.85/hour.

The general parking policies remain unchanged:

  • Parking is free and open to all on Sundays.
  • On other days, parking is free for those attending cathedral liturgies or official cathedral-sponsored events.
  • If you are visiting the cathedral on official business during the day, ask for a parking pass at the reception desk.
  • Those here for events on the property not produced by the cathedral, or visitors to other tenants on the cathedral property, will typically need to pay the usual rate.* Please follow the posted signs.

*Sometimes the producers of an event in the cathedral choose to pay for parking in advance as part of their rental agreement, making parking free for their attendees; sometimes they do not. Please check with the event producers to find out.

Also remaining unchanged is the longstanding policy that 100% of the revenues collected from parking fees are placed in a restricted fund and are used only for urgent maintenance and long-deferred improvements of the parking lot itself.

Please contact Dean Thomason with any concerns.

What if the lot is full?

When the paid parking area of the cathedral parking lot is full, you can park on the street in the neighborhood. Street parking in this neighborhood is often limited to two hours. Carefully observe all posted parking restrictions—they are enforced at all hours.

There are a few pay lots within walking distance, including The Lowell School at E. Aloha &11th Ave E. (open for public parking after 6 p.m. M–F), and Diamond Parking lots at E. Mercer & Broadway E., and on 10th Ave E. near E. Roy.

If you park at the bottom of the bank to the west of the cathedral (around Lakeview Ave.), you can hike back up using the Blaine or Howe Street stairs, or the path through Saint Mark’s Greenbelt.

Electric Vehicle Charging Station

The cathedral’s electric vehicle charging station was installed in the summer of 2021, dedicated to the memory of community member Jim Mulligan. Non-parishioners will be charged for use. Parishioners may obtain a code to use the station without charge, but to do this, you must first connect to the EV station, and then call or drop by the church office for a code. (Please do not share the code with others.)