Parking at 1450 S Drake Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1400–1499 S Drake Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,080 parking tickets written across 126 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 24, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 1450 S Drake Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 S St Louis Ave alone took 287 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 1800 S St Louis Ave — 287 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 3400 W Grenshaw St — 281 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 1800 S Central Park Ave — 280 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 1300 S Sawyer Ave — 379 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 3400 W Douglas Blvd — 326 tickets, 3 min walk NE
- 1300 S Millard Ave — 303 tickets, 3 min walk NW
- 3400 W Roosevelt — 155 tickets, 7 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3314 W 16th St — speed camera, 7 min walk SE
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 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.
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 24, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.