Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Park · Ward 2

Parking at 1650 N Clark St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 N Clark St. Everything here is from City records — 103,936 parking tickets written across 115 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 11

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1635 N LaSalle (1 min walk) · 1817 N Clark St (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 2, section 2. 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 Clark St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 N Astor St alone took 1,350 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning13,764 tickets

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

1400 N Astor St — 1,350 tickets, 6 min walk SE
1400 N Dearborn Pkwy — 942 tickets, 5 min walk SE
1300 N Dearborn Pkwy — 890 tickets, 7 min walk S

Permit zones12,712 tickets

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

1500 N Dearborn Pkwy — 2,192 tickets, 3 min walk SE
1500 N Astor St — 1,248 tickets, 5 min walk SE
1500 N Orleans St — 1,127 tickets, 6 min walk W

Plate checks8,607 tickets

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

1400 N Sedgwick St — 1,510 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1400 N Hudson Ave — 1,431 tickets, 9 min walk SW
400 W Blackhawk St — 798 tickets, 9 min walk W

Posted restrictions16,412 tickets

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

1200 N Dearborn St — 10,834 tickets, 9 min walk S
1500 N State Pkwy — 967 tickets, 4 min walk SE
1900 N Stockton Dr — 952 tickets, 9 min walk N

Metered blocks49,556 tickets

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

1400 N Wells St — 5,561 tickets, 5 min walk SW
1300 N Wells St — 5,085 tickets, 8 min walk S
1600 N Wells St — 4,676 tickets, 3 min walk W

Other enforcement2,661 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1800 N Stockton — 2,252 tickets, 5 min walk N
1700 N Stockton — 409 tickets, 3 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1635 N LaSalle — speed camera, 1 min walk NW
1817 N Clark St — speed camera, 6 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 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 2, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.