Chicago parking by block · West Town · Ward 27

Parking at 2050 W Grand Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2000–2099 W Grand Ave. Everything here is from City records — 37,988 parking tickets written across 150 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 6

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 27, section 6. 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 Grand Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 800 N Leavitt St alone took 359 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,837 tickets

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

800 N Leavitt St — 359 tickets, 10 min walk NW
2100 W Rice St — 356 tickets, 9 min walk N
1900 W Iowa St — 323 tickets, 10 min walk N

Permit zones4,502 tickets

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

1700 W Superior St — 745 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1900 W Superior St — 512 tickets, 6 min walk NE
2000 W Rice St — 437 tickets, 8 min walk N

Plate checks8,243 tickets

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

1800 W Huron St — 516 tickets, 7 min walk NE
2000 W Huron St — 463 tickets, 5 min walk N
2200 W Rice St — 359 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Posted restrictions646 tickets

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

1800 W Grand Ave — 309 tickets, 6 min walk E
1600 W Grand Ave — 183 tickets, 9 min walk E
1700 W Grand Ave — 113 tickets, 7 min walk E

Metered blocks19,014 tickets

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

1800 W Chicago Ave — 3,967 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1900 W Chicago Ave — 3,318 tickets, 8 min walk NE
2200 W Chicago Ave — 2,419 tickets, 9 min walk NW

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 27, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.