Parking at 1050 N Western Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1000–1099 N Western Ave. Everything here is from City records — 60,589 parking tickets written across 143 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 168
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
5
2329 W Division St (3 min walk) · 1226 S Western Ave (4 min walk)
Streets to watch near 1050 N Western Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 N Campbell Ave alone took 467 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning19,721 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1200 N Campbell Ave — 467 tickets, 4 min walk NW
- 1300 N Hoyne Ave — 461 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 900 N Washtenaw Ave — 432 tickets, 8 min walk W
Permit zones8,864 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2000 W Haddon Ave — 587 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 2500 W Cortez St — 511 tickets, 4 min walk W
- 2600 W Potomac Ave — 503 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Plate checks8,187 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1200 N Leavitt St — 551 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 1000 N Rockwell St — 503 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 1200 N Hoyne Ave — 496 tickets, 8 min walk NE
Posted restrictions1,645 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2300 W Haddon Ave — 636 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 800 N Campbell Ave — 345 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 800 N Oakley Blvd — 341 tickets, 6 min walk SE
Metered blocks22,145 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2000 W Division — 4,693 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 2100 W Division St — 4,680 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 2200 W Chicago Ave — 2,419 tickets, 8 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2329 W Division St — speed camera, 3 min walk NE
- 1226 S Western Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk N
- 1229 N Western Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk N
- 2409 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
- 799 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk S
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 168 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 5 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.