Parking near MIT

If you need to park near campus, the official guide is MIT's list of public parking facilities. It may be more up-to-date that this page. That said, here's some friendly advice (follow along with this map of the MIT area):

There are some spaces along westbound side of Vassar Street, east and west of Massachusetts Avenue. Similarly, there are metered spaces on Albany Street, which runs parallel, and these may be more commonly empty. There is also metered parking directly on Mass Ave. The meters “deactivate” on Sunday, so it is basically free parking for our concert. There is also some metered parking along Main Street, which runs past the east end of Vassar into Kendall Square. If these fill up, there is some portions of non-permit parking on the east end of campus, near Ames and Amherst Streets. There is also non-metered parking on Memorial Drive, but it tends to be pretty full.

There are also parking lots at MIT; see the MIT parking pages for full information:

• There is a small public parking lot at the northeast corner of Vassar Street and Mass Ave which is free all weekend (double check the sign when you enter to be sure).
• N10, on Albany just east of Massachusetts Avenue, is reported to be very reliable. (There are also metered spaces along Albany Street.)
• There's also the Windsor St Lot a little farther north.
• The East Lot, the Hayward St. Lot, and the Amherst St. Lot are farther away from the Student center, but pretty convenient if the dance is in Walker Memorial (Morss dining hall).

In summary, there are usually lots of good options for parking around campus, and sometimes you'll get lucky and can park really close by.