Chicago parking by block · West Town · Ward 32

Parking at 1650 N Ada St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 N Ada St. Everything here is from City records — 22,501 parking tickets written across 87 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, November 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1635 N Ashland Ave (7 min walk) · 1638 N Ashland Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 20. 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 1650 N Ada St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 N Ashland Ave alone took 769 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,297 tickets

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

1400 N Ashland Ave — 769 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1300 N Greenview Ave — 553 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1300 N Cleaver St — 515 tickets, 8 min walk S

Permit zones4,981 tickets

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

1500 N Bosworth Ave — 619 tickets, 6 min walk W
1600 N Bosworth Ave — 595 tickets, 6 min walk W
1300 N Bosworth Ave — 576 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Plate checks6,281 tickets

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

1400 N Greenview Ave — 559 tickets, 6 min walk SW
1600 N Marshfield Ave — 449 tickets, 8 min walk W
1400 W Blackhawk St — 403 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,330 tickets

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

1400 N Cleaver St — 554 tickets, 5 min walk SW
1500 N Greenview Ave — 429 tickets, 5 min walk W
1400 N Magnolia — 183 tickets, 6 min walk S

Metered blocks6,157 tickets

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

1800 N Clybourn Ave — 2,637 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1600 W North Ave — 1,914 tickets, 8 min walk W
1900 N Clybourn Ave — 671 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1635 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk W
1638 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk W
1891 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
1613 W Cortland St — red-light camera, 10 min walk NW

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 4 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 32, section 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.