Chicago parking by address · Near North Side · Ward 2

Parking at 1450 N Wells St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1400–1499 N Wells St. Everything here is from City records — 146,066 parking tickets written across 142 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 119
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
1635 N LaSalle (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 2, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
Apr
21
Tue
Apr
22
Wed
May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
3
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Jul
31
Fri
Aug
3
Mon
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 1450 N Wells St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 N Astor St alone took 1,350 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning14,867 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1400 N Astor St — 1,350 tickets, 7 min walk E
  • 1200 N Astor St — 1,017 tickets, 10 min walk SE
  • 1300 N Cleveland Ave — 1,010 tickets, 7 min walk W
Permit zones16,063 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1500 N Dearborn Pkwy — 2,192 tickets, 5 min walk NE
  • 1500 N Astor St — 1,248 tickets, 8 min walk E
  • 1500 N Orleans St — 1,127 tickets, 4 min walk NW
Plate checks13,735 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1400 N Sedgwick St — 1,510 tickets, 4 min walk W
  • 1400 N Hudson Ave — 1,431 tickets, 5 min walk W
  • 400 W Evergreen Ave — 1,179 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Posted restrictions24,314 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1200 N Dearborn St — 10,834 tickets, 6 min walk SE
  • 1100 N Dearborn St — 6,041 tickets, 8 min walk SE
  • 0 W Division St — 2,771 tickets, 7 min walk SE
Metered blocks74,217 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1200 N Wells St — 7,494 tickets, 5 min walk S
  • 0 W Elm St — 5,944 tickets, 9 min walk SE
  • 1400 N Wells St — 5,561 tickets, 1 min walk N
Other enforcement2,661 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 1800 N Stockton — 2,252 tickets, 10 min walk N
  • 1700 N Stockton — 409 tickets, 8 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1635 N LaSalle — speed camera, 6 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 119 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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 2, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.