Parking
In addition to the streets around the Brown campus, you may park your car in any of the University lots anytime beginning 5 p.m. Friday through the weekend. The two lots with the most spaces available on campus are the Erickson complex, corner of Hope Street and Lloyd Avenue; and the Power Street lot (both lower and upper levels) at the corner of Power and Thayer streets. The top level is entered on Power Street and the bottom level is entered on the corner of Williams and Brook streets.
Please remember to lock your car, whether it is on the street or in a lot. Do observe city parking laws; any cars parked in a temporary tow zone, in marked handicapped spaces without a placard, in violation of a fire hydrant, blocking driveways, or obstructing Brown Police or Providence Police sawhorses will be ticketed or towed at owner’s expense. There is no parking on any Providence city street from 1-5 a.m.
There are two handicapped designated lots at Brown. They are reserved for visitors who have requested a handicapped parking permit by mail.
SafeRIDE Shuttle
If you have arrived by car and are parking on campus or in the overflow lot at Hope High School, the University has added continuous safeRIDE shuttle service throughout the weekend to ease your travel on campus. For your convenience, the shuttles will travel continuously along the route indicated on the Shuttle Map. During the weekend, use the shuttle service for a ride back to your car or even to your event on the other side of campus.
SafeRIDE Shuttle Schedule
- Friday 11 a.m.–3 a.m
- Saturday 7 a.m.–1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.–1 a.m.*
- Sunday 6–9 a.m. and 1–6 p.m.
*On Saturday, while some streets are closed due to the Baccalaureate procession, the shuttle will run an abbreviated route between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. The route will be from Shuttle Stop 8 (OMAC - corner of Hope and Cushing on Cushing) to the main part of campus via Thayer Street.
Shuttle Stops
- Public Safety / Barbour – 75 Charlesfield Street
- Vartan Gregorian Quad (“New Dorm”) – Main gate of the Quad on Thayer Street
- Benevolent and Brown
- Rockefeller Library – 10 Prospect Street
- J.W.Wilson / Third World Center – 69 Brown Street
- Pembroke Campus – corner of Brown and Cushing
- Machado / Rochambeau – 87 Prospect at Machado’s gates
7A. Hope High School Circle - OMAC – corner of Hope and Cushing on Cushing
- Thayer Street – corner of Cushing and Thayer on Cushing
- SciLi – 201 Thayer Street
- Thayer / Charlesfield – northwest corner of Thayer and Charlesfield streets
- Minden Hall – 121–131 Waterman Street