Chicago parking by block · Hermosa · Ward 26

Parking at 1850 N Lowell Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 N Lowell Ave. Everything here is from City records — 38,986 parking tickets written across 107 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1207
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
4410 W Grand Ave (7 min walk) · 4413 W North Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
25
Tue
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri

Streets to watch near 1850 N Lowell Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4000 W Dickens Ave alone took 264 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,152 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones14,154 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks147 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks3,489 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions6,522 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks12,408 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4410 W Grand Avered-light camera, 7 min walk S
  • 4413 W North Avered-light camera, 7 min walk S
  • 1591 N Kostner Avered-light camera, 7 min walk S
  • 1754 N Pulaski Rdspeed camera, 9 min walk E
  • 4007 W Armitage Avered-light camera, 9 min walk E
  • 4053 W North Avespeed camera, 10 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1207 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 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 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.