Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 37

Parking at 1650 N Kostner

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 N Kostner. Everything here is from City records — 27,302 parking tickets written across 96 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
1591 N Kostner Ave (1 min walk) · 4413 W North Ave (1 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 37, section 12. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
1
Fri
May
4
Mon
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 1650 N Kostner

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 W Kamerling Ave alone took 302 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,931 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones8,205 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks147 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks5,975 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,055 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks6,847 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement49 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1591 N Kostner Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk S
  • 4413 W North Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk SW
  • 4410 W Grand Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk NW
  • 4053 W North Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk E
  • 4042 W North Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk E
  • 4754 W North Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk W

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 6 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 37, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.