Chicago parking by address · West Town · Ward 1

Parking at 1050 N Ashland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1000–1099 N Ashland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 121,990 parking tickets written across 150 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 204
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
1173 N Ashland Ave (3 min walk) · 1601 W Division St (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 1, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 1050 N Ashland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 N Ashland Ave alone took 769 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,935 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1400 N Ashland Ave — 769 tickets, 10 min walk N
  • 1800 W Rice St — 582 tickets, 8 min walk SW
  • 1300 N Greenview Ave — 553 tickets, 8 min walk N
Permit zones24,726 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1200 N Paulina St — 2,348 tickets, 6 min walk NW
  • 1100 N Marshfield Ave — 1,685 tickets, 3 min walk NW
  • 1000 N Marshfield Ave — 1,045 tickets, 2 min walk NW
Plate checks15,341 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1200 N Wolcott Ave — 959 tickets, 10 min walk NW
  • 1000 N Paulina St — 876 tickets, 3 min walk SW
  • 1200 N Bosworth Ave — 602 tickets, 5 min walk N
Posted restrictions1,319 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1200 N Wood St — 731 tickets, 7 min walk NW
  • 1200 N Hermitage Ave — 408 tickets, 7 min walk NW
  • 1100 N Cleaver St — 180 tickets, 4 min walk NE
Metered blocks72,622 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1300 N Milwaukee Ave — 8,398 tickets, 8 min walk NW
  • 1200 N Milwaukee Ave — 6,840 tickets, 6 min walk N
  • 1700 W Division St — 5,529 tickets, 5 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1173 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk N
  • 1601 W Division St — red-light camera, 3 min walk N
  • 1455 W Division St — speed camera, 4 min walk NE
  • 1444 W Division St — speed camera, 5 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 204 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 cameras nearby.
  • Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
  • The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 1, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.