Chicago parking by block · West Ridge · Ward 40

Parking at 2050 W Columbia Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2000–2099 W Columbia Ave. Everything here is from City records — 32,478 parking tickets written across 103 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 23

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 40, section 2. 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 2050 W Columbia Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6900 N Ravenswood Ave alone took 885 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,698 tickets

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

6900 N Ravenswood Ave — 885 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1700 W Morse Ave — 536 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1700 W North Shore Ave — 491 tickets, 7 min walk E

Permit zones1,763 tickets

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

6500 N Seeley Ave — 684 tickets, 5 min walk S
6500 N Hoyne Ave — 503 tickets, 6 min walk S
6600 N Seeley Ave — 424 tickets, 3 min walk S

Plate checks4,710 tickets

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

6400 N Leavitt St — 656 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2000 W Arthur Ave — 529 tickets, 6 min walk S
6400 N Seeley Ave — 494 tickets, 7 min walk S

Posted restrictions5,496 tickets

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

2200 W Arthur Ave — 673 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2100 W Arthur Ave — 607 tickets, 7 min walk SW
6700 N Ravenswood — 573 tickets, 6 min walk E

Metered blocks10,632 tickets

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

2100 W Devon Ave — 1,865 tickets, 10 min walk S
2000 W Devon Ave — 1,787 tickets, 9 min walk S
6900 N Clark St — 1,742 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Other enforcement124 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

6500 N Oakley Ave — 124 tickets, 9 min walk SW

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 40, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.