Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 29

Parking at 1450 N Mayfield

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1400–1499 N Mayfield. Everything here is from City records — 15,953 parking tickets written across 106 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 29, 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 1450 N Mayfield

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5900 W Wabansia Ave alone took 267 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,276 tickets

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

5900 W Wabansia Ave — 267 tickets, 6 min walk N
1800 N Mayfield Ave — 223 tickets, 9 min walk N
1100 N Mason Ave — 222 tickets, 8 min walk S

Permit zones4,326 tickets

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

1700 N Mcvicker Ave — 569 tickets, 8 min walk NW
1600 N Meade Ave — 511 tickets, 6 min walk NW
1700 N Meade Ave — 441 tickets, 9 min walk NW

City sticker checks91 tickets

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

1500 N Central Ave — 91 tickets, 8 min walk E

Plate checks5,167 tickets

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

1600 N Mayfield Ave — 349 tickets, 5 min walk N
1600 N Mason Ave — 323 tickets, 5 min walk N
1700 N Mayfield Ave — 273 tickets, 8 min walk N

Posted restrictions1,698 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

1700 N Mason Ave — 570 tickets, 8 min walk N
1700 N Austin Ave — 392 tickets, 9 min walk N
1600 N Austin Ave — 279 tickets, 5 min walk NW

Metered blocks64 tickets

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

6000 W North Ave — 64 tickets, 6 min walk NW

Other enforcement111 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

5700 W North Ave — 62 tickets, 5 min walk NE
5600 W Division — 49 tickets, 9 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 29, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.