Parking at 1250 W North Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 W North Ave. Everything here is from City records — 25,910 parking tickets written across 90 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?
2
1569 N Halsted St (10 min walk) · 750 W North Ave (10 min walk)
Streets to watch near 1250 W North Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1900 N Sheffield Ave alone took 563 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning3,044 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1900 N Sheffield Ave — 563 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 1300 N Cleaver St — 515 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 800 W Eastman St — 423 tickets, 9 min walk SE
Permit zones4,390 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 800 W Weed St — 777 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 1500 N Bosworth Ave — 619 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 1600 N Bosworth Ave — 595 tickets, 10 min walk W
Plate checks4,037 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1400 N Greenview Ave — 559 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1400 W Blackhawk St — 403 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1300 N Noble St — 373 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Posted restrictions4,655 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 1500 N Clybourn Ave — 2,581 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 1400 N Cleaver St — 554 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 1500 N Fremont — 501 tickets, 7 min walk E
Metered blocks9,337 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1800 N Clybourn Ave — 2,637 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 1500 N Dayton St — 2,344 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 1600 N Clybourn Ave — 775 tickets, 7 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1569 N Halsted St — red-light camera, 10 min walk E
- 750 W North Ave — 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 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.