Parking at 1250 N Western Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 N Western Ave. Everything here is from City records — 58,204 parking tickets written across 145 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
1229 N Western Ave (1 min walk) · 1226 S Western Ave (1 min walk)
Streets to watch near 1250 N Western Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1500 N Claremont Ave alone took 555 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning20,333 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1500 N Claremont Ave — 555 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 1200 N Campbell Ave — 467 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 1300 N Hoyne Ave — 461 tickets, 8 min walk E
Permit zones8,718 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2700 W Crystal St — 693 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 2000 W Haddon Ave — 587 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 2500 W Cortez St — 511 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Plate checks10,121 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1500 N Hoyne Ave — 654 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 1200 N Leavitt St — 551 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 1000 N Rockwell St — 503 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Posted restrictions959 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2300 W Haddon Ave — 636 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 1000 N Campbell Ave — 230 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 2300 W Hirsch St — 93 tickets, 3 min walk N
Metered blocks18,060 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2000 W Division — 4,693 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 2100 W Division St — 4,680 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 2600 W Division St — 2,266 tickets, 7 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1229 N Western Ave — speed camera, 1 min walk S
- 1226 S Western Ave — speed camera, 1 min walk S
- 2329 W Division St — speed camera, 3 min walk SE
- 1549 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
- 2413 W North Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
- 2005 W Division St — red-light camera, 10 min walk E
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 6 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.
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.