Chicago parking by block · Edgewater · Ward 40

Parking at 1650 W Peterson

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 W Peterson. Everything here is from City records — 21,816 parking tickets written across 118 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
3
5970 N Clark St (1 min walk) · 5921 N Clark St (2 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.

May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 1650 W Peterson

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 W Elmdale Ave alone took 300 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,236 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones4,005 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,632 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,342 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks4,507 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5970 N Clark St — red-light camera, 1 min walk SE
  • 5921 N Clark St — red-light camera, 2 min walk SE
  • 5885 N Ridge Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

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