Chicago parking by block · Near North Side · Ward 2

Parking at 150 W Chicago Avenue

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 100–199 W Chicago Avenue. Everything here is from City records — 481,050 parking tickets written across 165 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
105 W Chicago Ave (1 min walk) · 98 W Chicago Ave (1 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 2, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
9
Thu
Apr
10
Fri
Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
May
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jun
5
Fri
Jun
8
Mon
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Aug
4
Tue
Aug
5
Wed
Aug
18
Tue
Aug
19
Wed
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
17
Thu
Sep
30
Wed
Oct
1
Thu
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri
Nov
13
Fri
Nov
16
Mon

Streets to watch near 150 W Chicago Avenue

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 100 W Oak St alone took 563 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning563 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones5,199 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,470 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions81,555 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks385,349 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement2,856 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 105 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk E
  • 98 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk E
  • 901 N Clark St — speed camera, 3 min walk N
  • 19 E Chicago Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk E
  • 14 W Chicago Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk E
  • 630 N Michigan Ave — red-light camera, 9 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 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 2, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.