Parking at 1250 W Montrose Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 W Montrose Ave. Everything here is from City records — 76,478 parking tickets written across 106 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 1130
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
4446 N Broadway Ave (5 min walk) · 4429 N Broadway Ave (5 min walk)
Streets to watch near 1250 W Montrose Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 N Broadway alone took 1,405 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning21,412 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4200 N Broadway — 1,405 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 1300 W Wilson Ave — 976 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 4200 N Hazel St — 903 tickets, 8 min walk E
Permit zones18,478 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4600 N Winthrop Ave — 1,680 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 4700 N Winthrop Ave — 1,568 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 4600 N Kenmore Ave — 1,562 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Plate checks1,107 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4600 N Clifton Ave — 457 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 4200 N Sheridan Rd — 254 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 1400 W Wilson Ave — 141 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Posted restrictions1,778 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 4400 N Hazel St — 839 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 4500 N Hazel St — 747 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 4500 N Kenmore Ave — 140 tickets, 6 min walk NE
Metered blocks33,649 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 4600 N Broadway St — 4,139 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 4700 N Broadway St — 3,585 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 4400 N Broadway — 3,476 tickets, 5 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4446 N Broadway Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk E
- 4429 N Broadway Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk E
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1130 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.
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.