Chicago parking by block · Edgewater · Ward 40

Parking at 1650 W Highland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 W Highland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 33,977 parking tickets written across 131 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 27

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 719

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

5970 N Clark St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 3. 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 Highland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 W North Shore Ave alone took 491 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,406 tickets

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

1700 W North Shore Ave — 491 tickets, 10 min walk N
1500 W Arthur Ave — 348 tickets, 5 min walk N
6300 N Wayne Ave — 304 tickets, 7 min walk E

Permit zones8,243 tickets

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

1200 W Arthur Ave — 760 tickets, 10 min walk NE
6300 N Lakewood Ave — 626 tickets, 9 min walk E
6400 N Lakewood Ave — 504 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks3,622 tickets

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

6400 N Damen Ave — 419 tickets, 10 min walk W
1300 W Loyola Ave — 367 tickets, 9 min walk NE
6300 N Ravenswood Ave — 356 tickets, 4 min walk W

Posted restrictions5,817 tickets

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

6100 N Damen Ave — 740 tickets, 10 min walk SW
6600 N Ravenswood — 494 tickets, 8 min walk NW
6400 N Ridge Blvd — 418 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Metered blocks6,827 tickets

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

2000 W Devon Ave — 1,787 tickets, 10 min walk W
6600 N Clark St — 1,074 tickets, 8 min walk N
6400 N Clark St — 612 tickets, 2 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5970 N Clark St — red-light camera, 9 min walk S

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 719 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.

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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 40, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.