Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 32

Parking at 1950 W Oakdale Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1900–1999 W Oakdale Ave. Everything here is from City records — 13,471 parking tickets written across 108 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

2816 N Damen Ave (4 min walk) · 1966 W Diversey Pkwy (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 7. 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 Oakdale Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2800 N Clybourn Ave alone took 419 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,561 tickets

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

2800 N Clybourn Ave — 419 tickets, 4 min walk SW
1900 W Wolfram St — 243 tickets, 3 min walk S
3000 N Clybourn Ave — 238 tickets, 8 min walk W

City sticker checks74 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

2700 N Leavitt — 74 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Plate checks5,463 tickets

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

2800 N Leavitt St — 625 tickets, 6 min walk W
2900 N Clybourn Ave — 442 tickets, 5 min walk W
2700 N Hoyne — 318 tickets, 6 min walk S

Posted restrictions1,463 tickets

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

2100 W Belmont Ave — 291 tickets, 8 min walk NW
1700 W Belmont Ave — 266 tickets, 8 min walk NE
2000 W Belmont Ave — 208 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Metered blocks626 tickets

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

3100 N Ashland Ave — 333 tickets, 10 min walk NE
3000 N Ashland Ave — 293 tickets, 9 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2816 N Damen Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk SW
1966 W Diversey Pkwy — red-light camera, 4 min walk S
3111 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk NE
3130 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk NE

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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.