Chicago parking by address · Near North Side · Ward 2

Parking at 1250 N Dearborn St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 N Dearborn St. Everything here is from City records — 206,430 parking tickets written across 120 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 15
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 74
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
901 N Clark St (9 min walk) · 1635 N LaSalle (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 2, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
Apr
14
Tue
Apr
15
Wed
Apr
21
Tue
Apr
22
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28
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29
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5
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6
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12
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13
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19
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20
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26
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May
27
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2
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3
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9
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10
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16
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17
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23
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24
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30
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1
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7
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8
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14
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15
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21
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22
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28
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29
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4
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11
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18
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25
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26
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8
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9
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15
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22
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23
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29
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30
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6
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Streets to watch near 1250 N Dearborn St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 N Astor St alone took 1,350 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,397 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1400 N Astor St — 1,350 tickets, 5 min walk NE
  • 0 E Scott St — 1,134 tickets, 5 min walk E
  • 1200 N Astor St — 1,017 tickets, 3 min walk SE
Permit zones17,810 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 0 E Cedar St — 3,488 tickets, 6 min walk SE
  • 0 E Bellevue Pl — 2,196 tickets, 6 min walk S
  • 1500 N Dearborn Pkwy — 2,192 tickets, 6 min walk N
Plate checks7,086 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1400 N Sedgwick St — 1,510 tickets, 10 min walk NW
  • 1300 N Sedgwick St — 783 tickets, 9 min walk W
  • 300 W Schiller St — 743 tickets, 8 min walk W
Posted restrictions40,916 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1200 N Dearborn St — 10,834 tickets, 1 min walk N
  • 1100 N State St — 10,380 tickets, 5 min walk S
  • 1000 N Rush St — 6,179 tickets, 5 min walk SE
Metered blocks128,043 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 0 E Oak St — 9,421 tickets, 8 min walk SE
  • 0 E Walton St — 8,137 tickets, 9 min walk SE
  • 1200 N Wells St — 7,494 tickets, 5 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 901 N Clark St — speed camera, 9 min walk S
  • 1635 N LaSalle — speed camera, 10 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 74 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 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 2, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.