Chicago parking by block · Logan Square · Ward 26

Parking at 2050 N Drake Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2000–2099 N Drake Ave. Everything here is from City records — 44,799 parking tickets written across 137 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, October 21
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
2010 N Kedzie Ave (8 min walk) · 3134 W Armitage Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
Jun
3
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu

Streets to watch near 2050 N Drake Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 W Dickens Ave alone took 442 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning15,305 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones5,178 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks6,176 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,613 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks14,520 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2010 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
  • 3134 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E

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 26, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.