Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 26

Parking at 1350 N Monticello Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1300–1399 N Monticello Ave. Everything here is from City records — 31,480 parking tickets written across 141 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3409 W North Ave (8 min walk) · 1569 N Homan Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 16. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 1350 N Monticello Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 N Lawndale Ave alone took 349 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.

Street cleaning13,489 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

1300 N Lawndale Ave — 349 tickets, 2 min walk SW
1600 N Drake Ave — 330 tickets, 7 min walk NE
3300 W Pierce Ave — 326 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Permit zones6,217 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

1100 N Lawndale — 925 tickets, 6 min walk S
1100 N Harding Ave — 608 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1100 N Springfield Ave — 536 tickets, 8 min walk SW

City sticker checks136 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

1300 N Ridgeway Ave — 136 tickets, 3 min walk W

Plate checks4,595 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

1400 N Springfield — 407 tickets, 7 min walk W
900 N Central Park — 358 tickets, 10 min walk S
3700 W Thomas — 305 tickets, 8 min walk S

Posted restrictions2,441 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

1600 N Kimball Ave — 328 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1200 N Pulaski Road — 293 tickets, 10 min walk SW
3900 W Grand Ave — 290 tickets, 8 min walk W

Metered blocks4,548 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

3900 W North Ave — 1,154 tickets, 9 min walk NW
3500 W North Ave — 850 tickets, 6 min walk N
1500 N Avers Ave — 836 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3409 W North Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
1569 N Homan Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
1206 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk SW
1149 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk SW

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 4 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 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.