Chicago parking by address · Lower West Side · Ward 25

Parking at 1150 W 18th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1100–1199 W 18th St. Everything here is from City records — 77,947 parking tickets written across 141 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1331
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 25, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
28
Fri
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 1150 W 18th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 W 18th St alone took 1,339 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,214 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1000 W 18th St — 1,339 tickets, 4 min walk E
  • 1200 W 16th St — 639 tickets, 4 min walk NW
  • 1100 W Cullerton St — 619 tickets, 4 min walk S
Permit zones21,088 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 900 W 18th Pl — 2,346 tickets, 7 min walk E
  • 1800 S Throop St — 1,515 tickets, 3 min walk W
  • 1100 W 19th St — 1,455 tickets, 2 min walk S
Plate checks17,533 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1200 W 19th St — 732 tickets, 4 min walk SW
  • 900 W 19th St — 700 tickets, 6 min walk E
  • 1300 W 16th St — 653 tickets, 4 min walk NW
Posted restrictions2,462 tickets
Loading zone enforcement. Not a spot to leave a private car.
  • 1100 W Cermak Rd — 1,165 tickets, 8 min walk S
  • 1400 W 17th St — 489 tickets, 8 min walk W
  • 1900 S Allport St — 427 tickets, 3 min walk SW
Metered blocks29,075 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1800 S Blue Island Ave — 6,089 tickets, 6 min walk W
  • 1300 W 18th St — 5,302 tickets, 5 min walk W
  • 1100 W 18th St — 3,588 tickets, 1 min walk N
Other enforcement373 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 1500 S Blue Island Ave — 373 tickets, 5 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1331 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 25, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.