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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Parking and parking garages |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Founder | William Lerner |
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
| Website | ipark |
iPark is "New York City's second biggest private parking-garage operator" behind Icon Parking [1] with their primary locations in Manhattan and three garages in Rego Park and two in Forest Hills. William Lerner is the founder [2] and president of the company. [3]
iPark was founded in 1962 by Jack, the father of current owner Bill Lerner. The parking garage that began as a single 25-car lot expanded to 100 garages throughout New York in 1978 after Bill took over.
iPark is the "largest, privately held owner-operated garages and parking lots" in the state of New York, and Bill Lerner has been the overseer of such growth. [4] In 2011 iPark installed the company's first “Beam Charging” station in 14 of its garages. [5] iPark also became known for owner Bill Lerner's initiative in the winter of 2014 that allowed iPark to send employees out to help “dig motorist parked within a five block radius of any of his 125 parking garages out of the snow for free.” [6] iPark garages are also used as a “vehicle for exposure” for Bill Lerner and Alexson Roy's non-profit organization Billy4Kids; boxes are available in 110 iPark garages in New York to encourage people to “donate new or worn shoes” for children living in poverty who are exposed to “foot-born diseases.” [7]