Chicago parking by block · Logan Square · Ward 26

Parking at 1850 N Albany Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 N Albany Ave. Everything here is from City records — 34,995 parking tickets written across 125 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?

3134 W Armitage Ave (5 min walk) · 2010 N Kedzie Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 9. 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 1850 N Albany Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3000 W Palmer Blvd alone took 546 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning15,063 tickets

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

3000 W Palmer Blvd — 546 tickets, 9 min walk N
1600 N Sawyer Ave — 372 tickets, 6 min walk SW
1400 N Kedzie Ave — 369 tickets, 9 min walk S

Permit zones3,760 tickets

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

3500 W Cortland St — 646 tickets, 10 min walk W
1900 N Humboldt Blvd — 632 tickets, 5 min walk NE
1900 N Spaulding Ave — 583 tickets, 6 min walk NW

Plate checks5,189 tickets

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

1500 N Kedzie Ave — 432 tickets, 8 min walk S
1600 N Albany Ave — 329 tickets, 5 min walk S
1800 N Spaulding Ave — 321 tickets, 5 min walk W

Posted restrictions2,586 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

1700 N Kimball Ave — 580 tickets, 7 min walk W
1900 N Kimball Ave — 512 tickets, 7 min walk W
2000 N Kimball Ave — 453 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Metered blocks8,331 tickets

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

3200 W Armitage Ave — 3,416 tickets, 6 min walk NW
3200 W North Ave — 1,478 tickets, 6 min walk SW
3300 W Armitage Ave — 1,473 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3134 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk N
2010 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk N
1569 N Homan Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
3409 W North Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW

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 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 26, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.