Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 32

Parking at 1850 W School St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 W School St. Everything here is from City records — 49,657 parking tickets written across 154 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 14

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3130 N Ashland Ave (7 min walk) · 3111 N Ashland Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 3. 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 W School St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3400 N Ashland Ave alone took 348 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,715 tickets

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

3400 N Ashland Ave — 348 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1700 W Henderson St — 258 tickets, 2 min walk NE
1500 W Roscoe St — 249 tickets, 8 min walk E

Permit zones5,674 tickets

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

3400 N Marshfield Ave — 903 tickets, 6 min walk NE
3400 N Paulina St — 523 tickets, 5 min walk NE
1700 W Roscoe St — 487 tickets, 3 min walk N

Plate checks4,853 tickets

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

3500 N Paulina St — 276 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1700 W Melrose St — 258 tickets, 2 min walk SE
3500 N Ashland Ave — 239 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Posted restrictions1,065 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

2100 W Belmont Ave — 291 tickets, 8 min walk W
1700 W Belmont Ave — 266 tickets, 3 min walk SE
2000 W Belmont Ave — 208 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Metered blocks30,271 tickets

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

3300 N Lincoln Ave — 2,797 tickets, 4 min walk NE
3100 N Lincoln Ave — 2,476 tickets, 8 min walk SE
2000 W Roscoe St — 2,467 tickets, 7 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3130 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk SE
3111 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk SE

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 2 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 32, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.