Chicago parking by block · Logan Square · Ward 32

Parking at 1650 W Cortland St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 W Cortland St. Everything here is from City records — 33,717 parking tickets written across 100 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, November 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 154
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
1613 W Cortland St (1 min walk) · 1891 N Ashland Ave (1 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 20. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue

Streets to watch near 1650 W Cortland St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1500 N Ashland Ave alone took 431 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,188 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones5,045 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks7,251 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions963 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks16,980 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1613 W Cortland St — red-light camera, 1 min walk E
  • 1891 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk SE
  • 1638 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk S
  • 1635 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk S

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 154 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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 32, section 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.