Transportation Deprived Roosevelt Islanders May Have New Amenity - Valet Parking Service For Riverwalk Residents

You Tube Video of How Not To Exit Parking Garage is not from Motorgate

In an attempt to persuade reluctant renters and owners to reside on Roosevelt Island, Hudson/Related, the developers of the Riverwalk Building Complex are considering a new potential amenity for those with cars- Valet Parking service to your door from the Motorgate Parking Garage. Below is their pitch to woo car owners.

Hello Residents:
We have heard your ideas to improve transportation on the Island and we want to help make those ideas a reality! Imagine having your car brought to you, and when it arrives, it's nice and warm?

Related Management Company and Motorgate Parking Garage are considering providing a valet service on the island, and we need your help. Please read the information below in its entirety and fill out the survey by accessing the link listed below. Your honest responses will help us determine if residents would utilize this much-needed amenity.

Our vision: Motorgate's valet personnel would transport residents' cars from the Motorgate garage to a designated parking area across from Riverwalk Place, 455 Main Street. Residents would be required to request their vehicle one hour in advance via phone. When the vehicle arrives the valet attendant would leave the residents' keys with your concierge. The concierge would then phone the resident to inform them that their vehicle had arrived. Residents would be required to remove their vehicle from the parking lot across from Riverwalk Place within 15 minutes of arrival.

When the resident returns their vehicle, the resident would park the vehicle in the assigned area and leave the keys with your concierge for pick-up, allowing one hour for the vehicle to be returned to the garage.

There would be a fee associated with this service, in addition to the monthly standard parking fee of $190....

Is the prospect of no longer walking the 3/4 of a mile along Main Street or taking the Red Bus to and from Motorgate enough of an added incentive for car owners to live on Roosevelt Island? I hope not, I would rather see less cars on Roosevelt Island so would prefer that this plan not be implemented.

If the plan does move forward, hopefully the Car Valet will be able to exit the Motorgate Parking Garage without running himself over with the car as happened to the hapless person in the above video.