The Freedom Trail's red line runs along the sidewalk outside Pi Alley Garage. Step out of the pedestrian exit onto Washington Street and the Old Corner Bookstore is next door, Old South Meeting House is across the street, and the Old State House and Boston Massacre site are one block north. Few places on the 2.5-mile route let you park this close to the trail itself.
The trail links sixteen sites between Boston Common and the Bunker Hill Monument. From the garage you can walk the downtown stretch in either direction: up School Street past Old City Hall, King's Chapel and the Granary Burying Ground to Park Street Church and the State House, or north past the Old State House to Faneuil Hall, Haymarket and on to the North End, Paul Revere's house and Old North Church. Costumed guided tours leave from the Common and Faneuil Hall through the visitor season.
Freedom Trail parking rates
Pi Alley charges one flat weekday rate for anything from an hour and a half up to twelve hours, so the whole trail, a lunch stop and a museum visit cost the same as a short visit. Evenings after 5pm and all weekend, up to ten hours is covered by the evening and weekend rate. Full rates, including short stays, are on the daily rates page.
Plan your walk from the garage
- Old Corner Bookstore and Old South Meeting House: 1–2 minutes.
- Old State House and the Boston Massacre site: 2 minutes.
- King's Chapel, Old City Hall and the Granary Burying Ground: 3–5 minutes up School Street.
- Faneuil Hall: 6 minutes. Boston Common and the State House: 7 minutes.
The garage is open 24 hours with attendants on duty and can be reserved ahead on SpotHero. The vehicle entrance is at 275 Washington Street between School and State Streets, with 6′8″ clearance. Pi Alley has been family owned and operated here since 1969, in an alley whose own history goes back to the printers and pie shops of colonial Boston.
See the full daily, evening and weekend rates, or reserve a space on SpotHero.