Chicago parking by block · West Town · Ward 26

Parking at 1250 N Kedzie Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 N Kedzie Ave. Everything here is from City records — 17,625 parking tickets written across 96 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
1111 N Humboldt Blvd (6 min walk) · 3100 W Augusta Blvd (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 14. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 1250 N Kedzie Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 N Kedzie Ave alone took 369 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,961 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,981 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks62 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks2,881 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions769 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks1,478 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement277 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1111 N Humboldt Blvd — speed camera, 6 min walk SE
  • 3100 W Augusta Blvd — speed camera, 6 min walk SE

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 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 26, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.