Pilgrim Parking

No longer $ 15 — now it’s $ 22.

When I need to drive into work, I park here. And I park here only because of the $ 15/​day rate. I think if you’re in before 10 AM and out by 6 PM, it’s the cheapest day rate you’ll find downtown.
The spaces are extremely tight. Luckily I have a compact car and don’t mind. If you have a larger vehicle, you are going to be struggling to fit into a lot of these spaces.

Please do not go here! I added a tip below because I cannot express how disgusted I am with this parking garage. They are under construction currently, and I do give them credit, if they were not under construction I would most likely frequent their garage. However, the construction makes it impossible to move around in this garage. All cars, either going up into the garage or trying to leave the garage, have been directed to go down the same ramp. This makes it impossible to get out of this garage or into this garage in a timely manner. On one occasion, it took me 25 minutes to exit the garage because I had to attempt to make room for other cars to get up the ramp first. Also, the construction is a huge danger to everyone’s safety. I walked past a machine and a construction worker, and the machine was whipping pebbles at me. I can’t make these things up. I now park at the Archstone parking garage for the Boston Commons. Please do yourself a favor, go around the corner, pay the extra three dollars, and be safe!

If you’re claustrophobic, do not think about going to or into here. But if that doesn’t bother you, this can actually be one of the least expensive places to park in downtown Boston if street parking is unavailable or not to your liking.
I found Pilgrim Parking thanks to an app on my phone called Best Parking. The original plan had been to park under Boston Commons, but it was full on Memorial Day. The app showed this garage to be one of the closest and cheapest. It took a bit of navigating to get there (I was wondering, if we made a wrong turn, if we would encounter a minotaur), mostly through narrow 1-​way streets in Chinatown.
Be very careful navigating inside. The ramps are narrow, the directional signs are small (but present), and some places are 2-​way traffic.
I have to both snicker and cringe at the signs which say «Do Not Take Up 2 Spaces.» The only way 2 cars could both easily fit into the spaces designated for 2 cars if both cars were sub-​compacts that had been on the South Beach Diet — more like 1 car and 1 motorcycle. So if spots are available which are clearly for just 1 car, GRAB ONE!
One additional perk on this particular day — my app said parking for the day would be $ 15. But because it was Memorial Day, the weekend rate of $ 10 was in effect.

DO NOT PARK HERE. it is falling apart on the inside and they’ve been installing reinforcements, pouring new concrete, and dumping broken pieces for months now. There’s only one lane for cars going up and down, workers are put in danger, and everything is covered in a fine layer of concrete dust. Oh, and if you can get an elevator to the floor you parked you car on, don’t pick the one with the door that opens and closes over and over or gets stuck. And if it does work, you’ll probably have to forcibly hold the door shut to get it to move.

Probably the cheapest garage in the area. $ 10 for 24 hours on the weekends which is a steal of a deal for the area. I think it’s $ 14 a day during the week as well.
It is really tight parking spots though. So I recommend taking up two spots. Just in case you get the jerk off who tries to squeeze their Cadillac into the tiny impossible to park in spot next to you and you risk having to either slink into an unimaginable small opening to your car or getting a sweet dent or scratch from a idiot who doesn’t pay attention when opening their car door.
Not the easiest garage to find though because it’s located on a oneway in Chinatown but if you can maneuver the left-​left-​right-​left-​rights to find it then it’s definitely worth it.
Also they offer monthly night parking for a low price.