Chicago parking by block · Uptown · Ward 40

Parking at 1550 W Carmen Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 W Carmen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 57,802 parking tickets written across 128 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4804 N Ashland Ave (7 min walk) · 1601 W Lawrence Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 8. 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 W Carmen Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 N Ashland Avenue alone took 619 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,490 tickets

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

4800 N Ashland Avenue — 619 tickets, 6 min walk S
4700 N Ashland Ave — 486 tickets, 8 min walk S
5000 N Ashland Ave — 482 tickets, 1 min walk W

Permit zones2,709 tickets

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

4800 N Wolcott Ave — 548 tickets, 10 min walk SW
4800 N Paulina St — 514 tickets, 6 min walk S
4800 N Hermitage Ave — 471 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Plate checks5,726 tickets

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

5000 N Winchester Ave — 440 tickets, 9 min walk W
1200 W Winnemac Ave — 367 tickets, 8 min walk E
1300 W Argyle St — 342 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Posted restrictions1,521 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

4800 N Magnolia Ave — 863 tickets, 10 min walk SE
1200 W Carmen Ave — 418 tickets, 8 min walk E
5000 N Glenwood Ave — 240 tickets, 4 min walk E

Metered blocks39,434 tickets

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

5300 N Clark St — 4,039 tickets, 6 min walk N
5200 N Clark St — 3,827 tickets, 3 min walk N
5400 N Clark St — 3,573 tickets, 8 min walk N

Other enforcement733 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1300 W Lawrence Ave — 439 tickets, 9 min walk SE
4800 N Ravenswood Ave — 294 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4804 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
1601 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk S
1211 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
4716 N Ashland — speed camera, 9 min walk S
5147 N Broadway St — red-light camera, 10 min walk E

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 5 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 40, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.