Parking at 1250 N Lake Shore Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 N Lake Shore Dr. Everything here is from City records — 188,364 parking tickets written across 87 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 74
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 1250 N Lake Shore Dr
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 cleaning9,989 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1400 N Astor St — 1,350 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 0 E Scott St — 1,134 tickets, 1 min walk S
- 1200 N Astor St — 1,017 tickets, 2 min walk SW
Permit zones11,745 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 0 E Cedar St — 3,488 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 0 E Bellevue Pl — 2,196 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 1500 N Dearborn Pkwy — 2,192 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Plate checks1,898 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1100 N La Salle St — 449 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1300 N La Salle St — 441 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 800 N Michigan — 393 tickets, 10 min walk S
Posted restrictions41,235 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 1200 N Dearborn St — 10,834 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 1100 N State St — 10,380 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 1000 N Rush St — 6,179 tickets, 5 min walk SW
Metered blocks123,347 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 0 E Oak St — 9,421 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 0 E Walton St — 8,137 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 1200 N Wells St — 7,494 tickets, 10 min walk W
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.
- 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.