Isiah Christie 
Street cleaning has numerous benefits, but it can be frustrating for car owners to manage. Hoboken resident Brian Hasenstab felt this way after attempting to find parking for his car while he was away on vacation and unable to move it for scheduled street cleanings. The challenges motivated him to develop a newly released app, Mile Square Sweeping, to track parking schedules. Keep reading to learn about Brian’s app and how it can help Hoboken residents avoid street cleaning tickets.
About Mile Square Sweeping
Mile Square Sweeping is an iPhone application that tracks Hoboken’s street cleaning schedule and parking events. It was developed by resident Brian Hasenstab, who became interested in creating a parking app for the city after dealing with inconveniences on Hoboken’s street cleaning website. Brian, who is a software engineer by trade, saw it as an opportunity to keep his skills sharp and benefit the community in the process.
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“I just wanted a way to help make it just a little easier for residents to be able to navigate what streets are available to park on,” Brian told The Hoboken Girl. “I’m hoping it could save people from a couple of tickets.”
Brian has designed Mile Square Sweeping to provide organized information on street cleaning schedules, parking availability on your street, and where open parking can be found. It includes a map with visual markers and a search function to locate information on specific streets. Brian is also working on additional features for the app in the future, including a list of available parking garages, alerts on streets with temporary no-parking, notifications on street closures, and a customizable reminder to move your car. An Android version is also under development and will include the same features as the iOS version.
The app is free to download on the App Store and requires iOS 26.0 or later.
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