Chicago parking by block · Near West Side · Ward 34

Parking at 1050 W Van Buren St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1000–1099 W Van Buren St. Everything here is from City records — 97,480 parking tickets written across 144 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 22
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
812 S Racine Ave (9 min walk) · 3 S Halsted St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Sep
22
Tue
Sep
23
Wed
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri
Nov
6
Fri
Nov
9
Mon

Streets to watch near 1050 W Van Buren St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 900 W Van Buren St alone took 596 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,581 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones24,819 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks7,606 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,471 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks56,146 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement2,458 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 812 S Racine Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SW
  • 3 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
  • 1341 W Jackson Blvd — speed camera, 9 min walk W
  • 14 N Halsted St — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
  • 147 S Desplaines St — speed camera, 10 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • 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.
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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 34, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.