Chicago parking by block · West Town · Ward 1

Parking at 1350 N Wolcott Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1300–1399 N Wolcott Ave. Everything here is from City records — 163,299 parking tickets written across 149 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 154

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

1950 W Division St (5 min walk) · 2005 W Division St (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 1, section 7. 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 Wolcott Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 N Ashland Ave alone took 769 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,321 tickets

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

1400 N Ashland Ave — 769 tickets, 7 min walk NE
2000 W Pierce Ave — 706 tickets, 6 min walk NW
1900 W Crystal St — 577 tickets, 4 min walk SW

Permit zones25,261 tickets

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

1200 N Paulina St — 2,348 tickets, 4 min walk SE
1100 N Marshfield Ave — 1,685 tickets, 7 min walk SE
1000 N Marshfield Ave — 1,045 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Plate checks16,420 tickets

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

1200 N Wolcott Ave — 959 tickets, 1 min walk SW
1000 N Paulina St — 876 tickets, 9 min walk SE
1500 N Hoyne Ave — 654 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Posted restrictions1,139 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

1200 N Wood St — 731 tickets, 3 min walk SE
1200 N Hermitage Ave — 408 tickets, 3 min walk E

Metered blocks110,083 tickets

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

1400 N Milwaukee Ave — 10,770 tickets, 2 min walk NE
1500 N Milwaukee Ave — 10,128 tickets, 6 min walk NW
1300 N Milwaukee Ave — 8,398 tickets, 3 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1950 W Division St — red-light camera, 5 min walk SW
2005 W Division St — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
1601 W Division St — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
1173 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 154 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 1, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.