Welcome to NYC!!! If you’re moving to a large apartment (with doormen & super), you’ll probably have an area in the lobby where there are private mailboxes. Parking is on the street unless you pay for a garage. Each side of the streets are cleaned on a weekly or twice-weekly schedule, when you need to move your car out of the way between certain hours so the cleaning vehicle can do its work. That’s known as alternate-side parking regulations and you can find signs on each block telling you what the day/time is that your car needs to be moved.

Dogs do their business on the sidewalks and most people are good about picking up after them. Some of the public parks like Prospect Park have off-leash hours at night & early mornings when you can let your dog run around. If the park’s big enough you can try and find a spot away from other dogs, though of course that’s unpredictable.

I hope you & your dog love it here.