Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 26

Parking at 2050 N La Crosse Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2000–2099 N La Crosse Ave. Everything here is from City records — 20,374 parking tickets written across 111 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 902
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
4807 W Armitage Ave (1 min walk) · 1949 N Cicero Ave (2 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
18
Tue
Aug
19
Wed
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon

Streets to watch near 2050 N La Crosse Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2000 N Leamington Ave alone took 257 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,589 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones6,068 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,009 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,295 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks2,267 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4807 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk SE
  • 1949 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk SE
  • 4843 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk N
  • 4750 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 902 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 26, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.