Chicago parking by address · West Town · Ward 32

Parking at 1650 N Damen Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 N Damen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 111,898 parking tickets written across 154 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 27
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 154
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
1638 N Ashland Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 18. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 1650 N Damen Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2000 W Pierce Ave alone took 706 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,002 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 2000 W Pierce Ave — 706 tickets, 2 min walk SW
  • 1900 W Crystal St — 577 tickets, 9 min walk S
  • 1500 N Claremont Ave — 555 tickets, 9 min walk W
Permit zones13,319 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1600 N Wolcott Ave — 973 tickets, 3 min walk NE
  • 1600 N Winchester Ave — 969 tickets, 2 min walk NE
  • 1900 W Evergreen Ave — 822 tickets, 7 min walk S
Plate checks16,758 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1200 N Wolcott Ave — 959 tickets, 8 min walk S
  • 1500 N Hoyne Ave — 654 tickets, 4 min walk SW
  • 1900 W Schiller St — 609 tickets, 5 min walk S
Posted restrictions688 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1200 N Hermitage Ave — 408 tickets, 10 min walk SE
  • 1900 W Armitage Ave — 280 tickets, 10 min walk N
Metered blocks73,069 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1400 N Milwaukee Ave — 10,770 tickets, 6 min walk SE
  • 1500 N Milwaukee Ave — 10,128 tickets, 2 min walk SE
  • 1300 N Milwaukee Ave — 8,398 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1638 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk E

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 154 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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 18. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.