Chicago parking by block · Lower West Side · Ward 25

Parking at 1450 W 17th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1400–1499 W 17th St. Everything here is from City records — 81,192 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
1477 W. Cermak Rd (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 25, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
28
Fri
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 1450 W 17th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 W 16th St alone took 639 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,491 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones16,021 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks14,926 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,027 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks44,030 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement450 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1477 W. Cermak Rdspeed camera, 9 min walk S

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.
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 25, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.