Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 26

Parking at 1550 N Lawndale Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 N Lawndale Ave. Everything here is from City records — 29,297 parking tickets written across 136 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 407

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

3950 W North Ave (7 min walk) · 3409 W North Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 16. 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 Lawndale Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 N Lawndale Ave alone took 349 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,761 tickets

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

1300 N Lawndale Ave — 349 tickets, 5 min walk S
1900 N Ridgeway Ave — 340 tickets, 10 min walk N
1600 N Drake Ave — 330 tickets, 5 min walk NE

Permit zones5,397 tickets

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

1100 N Lawndale — 925 tickets, 9 min walk S
3900 W Potomac — 469 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1500 N Keystone Ave — 439 tickets, 9 min walk W

City sticker checks136 tickets

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

1300 N Ridgeway Ave — 136 tickets, 4 min walk S

Plate checks2,616 tickets

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

1400 N Springfield — 407 tickets, 5 min walk W
1200 N Springfield Ave — 245 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1300 N Hamlin Ave — 230 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Posted restrictions2,431 tickets

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

1600 N Kimball Ave — 328 tickets, 8 min walk NE
3900 W Grand Ave — 290 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1300 N Homan Ave — 283 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Metered blocks5,900 tickets

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

4000 W North Ave — 1,352 tickets, 9 min walk W
3900 W North Ave — 1,154 tickets, 7 min walk W
3500 W North Ave — 850 tickets, 4 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3950 W North Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
3409 W North Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
1579 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
1569 N Homan Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
4042 W North Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk W
4053 W North Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk W

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 407 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 26, section 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.