Chicago parking by block · Rogers Park · Ward 49

Parking at 1650 W Columbia Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 W Columbia Ave. Everything here is from City records — 61,902 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 49, section 11. 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 W Columbia Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7000 N Glenwood Ave alone took 1,065 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning17,820 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

7000 N Glenwood Ave — 1,065 tickets, 9 min walk NE
7000 N Ravenswood Ave — 907 tickets, 10 min walk N
6900 N Ravenswood Ave — 885 tickets, 6 min walk NW

Permit zones3,547 tickets

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

1200 W Pratt Blvd — 788 tickets, 10 min walk E
1200 W Albion Ave — 701 tickets, 9 min walk E
6400 N Glenwood Ave — 498 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Plate checks4,909 tickets

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

1600 W Farwell Ave — 550 tickets, 3 min walk N
1600 W Greenleaf Ave — 480 tickets, 8 min walk N
6700 N Hermitage Ave — 394 tickets, 2 min walk W

Posted restrictions8,403 tickets

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

7000 N Paulina St — 803 tickets, 7 min walk N
6700 N Ravenswood — 573 tickets, 4 min walk W
6600 N Ravenswood — 494 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Metered blocks25,766 tickets

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

7000 N Clark St — 5,403 tickets, 8 min walk N
1700 W Greenleaf Ave — 3,394 tickets, 8 min walk N
1500 W Morse Ave — 2,896 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Other enforcement1,411 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1300 W North Shore Ave — 871 tickets, 8 min walk E
1500 W Lunt Ave — 540 tickets, 7 min walk NE

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 49, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.