Walnut Street parking garage in Bethlehem on track to open in late November, BPA says | Bethelehm Area

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The new Walnut Street garage in Bethlehem is on track to open in late November.

Bethlehem’s newest parking deck is almost ready, the Bethlehem Parking Authority said in a Facebook post Thursday.   

The parking authority says the garage will bring modern, convenient parking to the city’s growing downtown.

The garage is sandwiched between Main and New Streets on the city’s north side.

The old Walnut Street garage was demolished last year. The plans for the new garage ultimately approved in April of last year called for a structure that is eight feet taller, but has fewer parking spaces, than the old garage.

The old garage had 770 spaces at full capacity.

The new Walnut Street garage will have 517 spaces, with 3,056 square feet of adjacent retail space and an additional 33,398-square-foot parcel to the West of the new garage, near Main Street, to be available for future development, including apartments.