Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Park · Ward 2

Parking at 1650 N North Park Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 N North Park Ave. Everything here is from City records — 95,817 parking tickets written across 136 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?
Zone 142
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
1635 N LaSalle (4 min walk) · 1817 N Clark St (5 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.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
May
1
Fri
May
4
Mon
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
1
Mon
Jun
2
Tue
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Aug
26
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon
Nov
6
Fri
Nov
9
Mon

Streets to watch near 1650 N North Park Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 N Cleveland Ave alone took 1,010 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning13,195 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones15,946 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks13,446 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions4,171 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks46,220 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement2,661 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1635 N LaSalle — speed camera, 4 min walk E
  • 1817 N Clark St — speed camera, 5 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 142 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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.