Chicago parking by block · Lower West Side · Ward 25

Parking at 1850 W 23rd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 W 23rd St. Everything here is from City records — 40,210 parking tickets written across 79 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 109
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
1477 W. Cermak Rd (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 25, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
9
Thu
Apr
10
Fri
May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
17
Thu
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 1850 W 23rd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 W 18th St alone took 1,266 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,425 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones11,509 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks10,057 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,001 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks9,218 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1477 W. Cermak Rd — speed camera, 9 min walk E

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 109 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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 25, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.