Lakewood & Conant used to be the cheap long‑term corner.
Lot D sat out at Lakewood Boulevard and Conant Street, branded as Long Beach’s remote economy lot with shuttle service to Terminal 1. Flyers on JetBlue forums called it the “Remote Parking Lot,” and it ran free shuttles instead of a walk into the terminal. If you parked here, you planned on an extra shuttle ride before hitting security.
Rates matched the other LGB lots on the small stuff: Lot D charged $1 per hour with the first 20 minutes free, just like the closer options. The difference showed up on the daily cap. Pre‑2007, Lot D undercut the on‑airport garage in Lot A, making it the budget play for anyone leaving the car more than a day or two.
On June 1, 2007, Lot D’s posted max daily rate jumped to about $8, while the main garage in Lot A sat around $17 per day on the same FlyerTalk chart. That gap was big enough that regulars would park a week at Lot D instead of two or three days in the garage. If you were counting dollars, shuttle time was the trade.
Later, LGB reshuffled parking and FlyerTalk reports say the airport closed its “economy lots,” almost certainly including Lot D. One traveler complained that only the new garage remained, which effectively killed the true remote economy option and pushed long‑term prices way up. After that, Lot D became a historical reference point instead of a live choice.
What regulars pivoted to: off‑airport hotel and third‑party parking with shuttle service, using daily rates in the single digits to recreate what Lot D used to offer. Before you go, check LGB’s current parking map and rates; don’t assume anything called “Lot D” still operates like the old remote economy shuttle lot.