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A Boxify moving truck parked at a New York City curb with crew loading wrapped itemsA Boxify moving truck parked at a New York City curb with crew loading wrapped items

Parking a Moving Truck in NYC

New York offers no permit to reserve the spot in front of your building for a moving truck. Here’s the honest answer, the legal places a truck can park, and how a crew works the curb on move day.

A Boxify crew wheeling wrapped furniture into a padded freight elevator in a New York City building

Reserve Your Building’s Elevator

How to reserve your building’s elevator for a move, step by step: book the service elevator about two weeks ahead, get a 2 to 4 hour weekday window, keep your mover’s COI on file, and know what happens if you skip it.

A Boxify crew carrying wrapped furniture up a narrow pre-war walk-up staircase in New York City

Moving Into a NYC Walk-Up

Moving into a NYC walk-up is a technique problem, not a strength test. Here’s the step-by-step method for getting furniture up the stairs, around the tight prewar landings, and into your apartment without wrecking it.

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