Chicago parking by block · North Lawndale · Ward 24
Parking at 1650 S Fairfield Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 S Fairfield Ave. Everything here is from City records — 27,973 parking tickets written across 79 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 395
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
2900 W Ogden Ave (5 min walk)
Streets to watch near 1650 S Fairfield Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3000 W 19th St alone took 372 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,601 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3000 W 19th St — 372 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 1800 S California Ave — 358 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 2100 S Marshall Blvd — 330 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Permit zones6,495 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2800 W 21st Pl — 1,331 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 2700 W 15th Pl — 1,229 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 2100 S Fairfield Ave — 804 tickets, 8 min walk S
Plate checks4,035 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2600 W 21st Pl — 620 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 2100 S Washtenaw Ave — 350 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 1300 S California Ave — 341 tickets, 7 min walk N
Posted restrictions6,179 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2700 W Ogden Ave — 3,363 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 1500 S Washtenaw Ave — 912 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 1400 S Washtenaw Ave — 780 tickets, 5 min walk N
Metered blocks8,076 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2700 W Cermak Rd — 3,573 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 2800 W Cermak Rd — 3,264 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 2600 W Cermak Rd — 993 tickets, 9 min walk S
Other enforcement211 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 1900 S California Ave — 157 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 1500 S Sacramento Blvd — 54 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2900 W Ogden Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk NW
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 395 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.
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 24, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.