Chicago parking by block · Near South Side · Ward 3

Parking at 1650 S Lake Shore Dr

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 S Lake Shore Dr. Everything here is from City records — 67,040 parking tickets written across 66 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, section 1. 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 S Lake Shore Dr

permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 100 E 21st St alone took 1,360 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Permit zones18,609 tickets

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

100 E 21st St — 1,360 tickets, 9 min walk SW
100 E 18th St — 1,346 tickets, 6 min walk W
2000 S Prairie Ave — 1,175 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Plate checks1,716 tickets

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

1500 S Wabash Ave — 1,716 tickets, 9 min walk W

Posted restrictions1,225 tickets

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

100 E 16th St — 454 tickets, 6 min walk W
1600 S Lake Shore Dr — 328 tickets, 1 min walk N
2100 S Prairie Ave — 139 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Metered blocks45,288 tickets

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

1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 9 min walk NW
1600 S Michigan Ave — 5,023 tickets, 7 min walk W
2000 S Michigan Ave — 4,794 tickets, 9 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 3, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.