Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 47

Parking at 1950 W Waveland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1900–1999 W Waveland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 33,479 parking tickets written across 154 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, November 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 15. 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 Waveland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 N Ashland Ave alone took 391 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,759 tickets

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

3700 N Ashland Ave — 391 tickets, 10 min walk E
3500 N Claremont Ave — 241 tickets, 10 min walk W
2300 W Addison St — 239 tickets, 9 min walk W

Permit zones7,745 tickets

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

3400 N Paulina St — 523 tickets, 9 min walk SE
3600 N Marshfield Ave — 509 tickets, 8 min walk E
1700 W Roscoe St — 487 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Plate checks3,628 tickets

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

3500 N Paulina St — 276 tickets, 8 min walk SE
4000 N Ravenswood Ave — 267 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3500 N Ashland Ave — 239 tickets, 10 min walk E

Posted restrictions118 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

3700 N Claremont Ave — 118 tickets, 10 min walk W

Metered blocks14,067 tickets

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

2000 W Roscoe St — 2,467 tickets, 8 min walk S
3400 N Lincoln Ave — 2,073 tickets, 10 min walk SE
3500 N Lincoln Ave — 1,694 tickets, 6 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 47, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.