Parking at 1850 W Lake St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 W Lake St. Everything here is from City records — 17,886 parking tickets written across 139 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 27, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 1850 W Lake St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2000 W Washington Blvd alone took 212 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
- 2000 W Washington Blvd — 212 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 2100 W Washington Blvd — 173 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 1900 W Race Ave — 151 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 1600 W Warren Blvd — 1,197 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 2000 W Warren Blvd — 488 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 0 N Paulina St — 382 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 1400 W Randolph St — 1,298 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 100 S Wood St — 369 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 1600 W Monroe St — 361 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 2100 W Madison St — 393 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1400 W Lake St — 375 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 1800 W Grand Ave — 309 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 1500 W Madison St — 210 tickets, 8 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1546 W Madison St — red-light camera, 9 min walk SE
- 5 S Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SE
- 115 N Ogden Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk E
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.
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 27, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.