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The NYC Building-Rules Checklist

A print-and-use NYC moving day checklist: the exact questions to ask your building’s management office about the certificate of insurance, elevator, permitted days and hours, truck parking, fees, and access, before moving day.

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 lead coordinating building access with a doorman at a New York City entrance

How Boxify Handles COIs and Building Access for You

Can’t your mover just handle all the building paperwork and access for you? Yes. Boxify treats COIs and building access as a routine part of every move, carries workers’ comp on every job, and asks what your building requires up front, so nothing scrambles on move day.

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No pressure, no obligation – just an honest number for your move or your storage. Get your free quote – call (212) 878-7665, or email info@boxifymoving.com. We’ll tell you exactly what it’ll cost, upfront.