Chicago parking by block · Edgewater · Ward 40

Parking at 1650 W Olive Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 W Olive Ave. Everything here is from City records — 32,364 parking tickets written across 110 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 29
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 65
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
3
5885 N Ridge Ave (7 min walk) · 5921 N Clark St (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jul
13
Mon
Jul
14
Tue
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 1650 W Olive Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 W Rascher Ave alone took 307 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,575 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones791 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,382 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions206 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks20,237 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5885 N Ridge Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk N
  • 5921 N Clark St — red-light camera, 7 min walk N
  • 5970 N Clark St — red-light camera, 8 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 65 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.