Chicago parking by block · West Town · Ward 36

Parking at 1850 W Race Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 W Race Ave. Everything here is from City records — 54,476 parking tickets written across 143 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 168
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
1455 W Grand Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 36, section 14. 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 W Race Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 W Rice St alone took 582 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,565 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones6,140 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks7,414 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions646 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks33,166 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1455 W Grand Ave — 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 168 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 36, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.