Chicago parking by block · Uptown · Ward 47

Parking at 1550 W Montrose Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 W Montrose Ave. Everything here is from City records — 36,117 parking tickets written across 117 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4118 N Ashland Ave (7 min walk) · 4716 N Ashland (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, 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 W Montrose Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 W Wilson Ave alone took 976 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning16,635 tickets

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

1300 W Wilson Ave — 976 tickets, 8 min walk NE
4400 N Ashland Ave — 797 tickets, 1 min walk NW
4500 N Ashland Ave — 691 tickets, 3 min walk N

Permit zones8,259 tickets

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

4600 N Malden St — 932 tickets, 9 min walk NE
4700 N Beacon St — 569 tickets, 10 min walk NE
4400 N Racine Ave — 513 tickets, 10 min walk E

Plate checks1,550 tickets

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

4300 N Ravenswood Ave — 210 tickets, 6 min walk W
4000 N Paulina St — 209 tickets, 9 min walk S
1700 W Leland Ave — 145 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Posted restrictions1,088 tickets

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

1900 W Sunnyside Ave — 316 tickets, 9 min walk W
1500 W Leland Ave — 284 tickets, 8 min walk N
4300 N Paulina St — 272 tickets, 3 min walk W

Metered blocks7,330 tickets

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

4500 N Clark St — 1,562 tickets, 5 min walk NE
4700 N Clark St — 1,221 tickets, 9 min walk N
4600 N Clark St — 1,110 tickets, 6 min walk N

Other enforcement1,201 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4400 N Ravenswood Ave — 412 tickets, 6 min walk W
4600 N Ravenswood Ave — 412 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4500 N Ravenswood Ave — 377 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4118 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk S
4716 N Ashland — speed camera, 8 min walk N

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 2 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 47, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.