Chicago parking by block · Near West Side · Ward 27

Parking at 1150 W Carroll Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1100–1199 W Carroll Ave. Everything here is from City records — 210,725 parking tickets written across 164 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 27, 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
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri
Nov
6
Fri
Nov
9
Mon

Streets to watch near 1150 W Carroll Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 W Erie St alone took 349 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning724 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones9,969 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks13,019 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions5,017 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks180,115 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement1,686 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • 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 27, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.