Chicago parking by block · West Town · Ward 1

Parking at 1250 N Damen Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 N Damen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 145,363 parking tickets written across 151 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 154
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
5
1950 W Division St (2 min walk) · 2005 W Division St (2 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 1, 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
Jun
1
Mon
Jun
2
Tue
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
26
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri

Streets to watch near 1250 N Damen Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2000 W Pierce Ave alone took 706 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning13,339 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones20,755 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks14,255 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,775 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks95,188 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1950 W Division St — red-light camera, 2 min walk S
  • 2005 W Division St — red-light camera, 2 min walk S
  • 2329 W Division St — speed camera, 9 min walk W
  • 1601 W Division St — red-light camera, 10 min walk E
  • 1229 N Western Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk W

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 154 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.
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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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.