Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Park · Ward 32

Parking at 1450 W Shakespeare Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1400–1499 W Shakespeare Ave. Everything here is from City records — 26,014 parking tickets written across 95 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, November 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

2377 N Ashland Ave (7 min walk) · 1613 W Cortland St (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 20. 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 W Shakespeare Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2300 N Southport Ave alone took 506 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,606 tickets

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

2300 N Southport Ave — 506 tickets, 5 min walk N
2100 N Racine Ave — 446 tickets, 6 min walk E
2000 N Racine Ave — 422 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Permit zones1,497 tickets

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

1800 N Paulina St — 395 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1800 N Marshfield Ave — 375 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2300 N Lakewood Ave — 228 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Plate checks2,929 tickets

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

2500 N Southport Ave — 273 tickets, 9 min walk N
2400 N Southport Ave — 242 tickets, 8 min walk N
1900 N Wood St — 232 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Posted restrictions254 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

1800 W Armitage Ave — 254 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Metered blocks11,479 tickets

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

1100 W Armitage Ave — 2,272 tickets, 9 min walk SE
1200 W Fullerton Ave — 1,899 tickets, 7 min walk NE
2200 N Clybourn Ave — 1,858 tickets, 2 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2377 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NW
1613 W Cortland St — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
2404 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NW
1891 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
2432 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk NW
2443 N Ashland — speed camera, 9 min walk NW

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 6 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 32, section 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.