Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 29

Parking at 1850 N Mobile Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 N Mobile Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,102 parking tickets written across 82 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 29, 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 Mobile Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5900 W Wabansia Ave alone took 267 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,474 tickets

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

5900 W Wabansia Ave — 267 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2100 N Natchez Ave — 250 tickets, 10 min walk NW
2100 N Moody Ave — 242 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones4,118 tickets

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

1700 N Mcvicker Ave — 569 tickets, 7 min walk E
1600 N Meade Ave — 511 tickets, 7 min walk SE
1700 N Meade Ave — 441 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Plate checks1,881 tickets

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

1600 N Mason Ave — 323 tickets, 10 min walk SE
1600 N Melvina Ave — 227 tickets, 5 min walk SE
5900 W Bloomingdale Ave — 211 tickets, 8 min walk E

Posted restrictions2,033 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

1700 N Mason Ave — 570 tickets, 9 min walk E
1700 N Austin Ave — 392 tickets, 7 min walk E
1600 N Austin Ave — 279 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Metered blocks357 tickets

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

1600 N Mobile Ave — 293 tickets, 5 min walk S
6000 W North Ave — 64 tickets, 8 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 29, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.