By Rachel Piccolino on August 26, 2026 Verified by Google

Very easy parking for Bethesda Row and always plenty of spaces. Pay using the ParkMobile app (pay by space - so remember your space number and pay before you walk away from your car!). The lower floors are 2 hrs max, then higher up is 4 hrs max, then the top floors are 24 hrs (but you only pay 7am-10pm). You can enter from the Elm St side or the Bethesda Ave side.

By Gildas Ba on April 1, 2026 Verified by Google

Same than other reviewers here, I tried to pay for more than 2 hours but couldn’t get more than 2h at the machine… then I came back 2h and 9mn after my diner and got a $45 ticket! The guys know when your time is up so they show up just after to issue a ticket…

By Mimi on July 6, 2024 Verified by Google

Easy to pay. Didn't need to remember to display a ticket. No traffic leaving the garage since payments are made in advance.

By Daniel Yochelson on January 7, 2020 Verified by Google

Edit: I received an email from the parking administration in Bethesda as to my issues with this parking garage and they informed me that modifications to the short term parking have been made. I recently went by to test it and you can now add a few quarters and park for less than 2 hours in the Short-Term parking spots. I am updating my review but leaving the text from before.

I recently had a very negative experience at the Bethesda Ave Parking Garage #57. I frequently park in this garage to pick up either breakfast or lunch from several of the local shops and don't often park for more than 15 minutes at a time. I was surprised when I pulled in this morning and took out my normal 2 quarters with which to pay and realized the coin meters were gone in favor of a new digital system. I was fine with this change until I went to use my normal 2 quarters to pay for the short amount of time I would be parked before heading to work. I discovered that the digital parking machines would not let you enter any time less than 1 hour (which costs $1.25) I am not willing to pay almost 4x as much to park for the same amount of time. When I called the service line for the parking system I was informed that if you were paying for a short term spot, you were required to pay for the full hour minimum. I was also informed I could "possibly" park in the long term spots for less than hour stays.

This makes no sense on several levels, such as why would Long term be for shorter parking stays or why wouldn't the people empowered to inform people of these changes be able to say them with confidence. Additionally there is absolutely no indication on the digital machine that this is an option and there is no signage pointing people staying less than an hour to seek out these, counter-intuitively named, long term spots.
This feels like a blatant attempt to increase the profitability of the parking garages while also eliminating important jobs.
I know several other people were also upset about this change as they approached the same worker I did while I was asking him who to contact about this.

By Berend van Roijen on March 10, 2017 Verified by Google

Above ground garage with 7'6" clearance (no trailers). Most of the garages in the area are below ground and have low clearances (some as low as 6'3") so this is a good option if you have a taller truck or SUV