Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 29

Parking at 1550 N Central Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 N Central Ave. Everything here is from City records — 22,608 parking tickets written across 141 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 29, section 7. 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 1550 N Central Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1500 N Latrobe Ave alone took 423 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,368 tickets

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

1500 N Latrobe Ave — 423 tickets, 9 min walk E
5200 W North Ave — 378 tickets, 9 min walk E
5500 W North Ave — 343 tickets, 2 min walk E

Permit zones2,451 tickets

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

1700 N Luna Ave — 409 tickets, 5 min walk N
1600 N Lockwood Ave — 327 tickets, 8 min walk E
5500 W Potomac — 297 tickets, 7 min walk S

City sticker checks91 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

1500 N Central Ave — 91 tickets, 1 min walk N

Plate checks7,962 tickets

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

1600 N Mayfield Ave — 349 tickets, 7 min walk W
5300 W Hirsch — 347 tickets, 8 min walk SE
1600 N Mason Ave — 323 tickets, 9 min walk W

Posted restrictions2,283 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

1700 N Mason Ave — 570 tickets, 10 min walk NW
1600 N Luna — 529 tickets, 3 min walk NE
1600 N Austin Ave — 279 tickets, 10 min walk W

Other enforcement174 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

5500 W Homer St — 63 tickets, 9 min walk N
5700 W North Ave — 62 tickets, 4 min walk W
5600 W Division — 49 tickets, 10 min walk S

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 29, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.