Chicago parking by block · Logan Square · Ward 32

Parking at 1950 W Dickens Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1900–1999 W Dickens Ave. Everything here is from City records — 19,944 parking tickets written across 115 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 27

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

2011 W Fullerton Ave (8 min walk) · 1613 W Cortland St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 18. 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 1950 W Dickens Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2000 W Armitage Ave alone took 340 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,380 tickets

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

2000 W Armitage Ave — 340 tickets, 4 min walk SW
1700 W Webster Ave — 321 tickets, 4 min walk NE
1800 N Wood St — 287 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Permit zones1,579 tickets

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

1800 N Paulina St — 395 tickets, 8 min walk SE
1800 N Marshfield Ave — 375 tickets, 9 min walk SE
1900 N Winchester Ave — 227 tickets, 4 min walk S

Plate checks10,800 tickets

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

2000 N Hoyne Ave — 340 tickets, 5 min walk W
1800 N Wilmot Ave — 311 tickets, 10 min walk SW
2000 W St Paul Ave — 311 tickets, 10 min walk S

Posted restrictions796 tickets

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

1900 W Armitage Ave — 280 tickets, 3 min walk SW
1800 W Armitage Ave — 254 tickets, 4 min walk SE
2200 N Hamilton Ave — 95 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Metered blocks3,212 tickets

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

1700 N Damen Ave — 2,363 tickets, 8 min walk S
2000 W Churchill St — 244 tickets, 7 min walk SW
1600 W Cortland St — 223 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2011 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
1613 W Cortland St — red-light camera, 9 min walk SE
2446 N Damen Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
1891 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 10 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 4 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 18. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.