Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 32

Parking at 2050 W Melrose St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2000–2099 W Melrose St. Everything here is from City records — 26,618 parking tickets written across 147 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 11

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 32, 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 Melrose St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 W Henderson St alone took 258 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,250 tickets

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

1700 W Henderson St — 258 tickets, 8 min walk E
3000 N Clybourn Ave — 238 tickets, 7 min walk SW
3300 N Claremont Ave — 236 tickets, 8 min walk W

Permit zones1,008 tickets

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

1700 W Roscoe St — 487 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1700 W Newport Ave — 234 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1700 W Cornelia Ave — 211 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks7,876 tickets

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

2800 N Leavitt St — 625 tickets, 10 min walk S
2900 N Clybourn Ave — 442 tickets, 8 min walk S
2300 W School St — 345 tickets, 7 min walk W

Posted restrictions1,518 tickets

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

2100 W Belmont Ave — 291 tickets, 2 min walk SW
1700 W Belmont Ave — 266 tickets, 7 min walk E
2200 W Belmont Ave — 256 tickets, 5 min walk W

Metered blocks7,813 tickets

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

3300 N Lincoln Ave — 2,797 tickets, 10 min walk E
2000 W Roscoe St — 2,467 tickets, 4 min walk N
3400 N Lincoln Ave — 2,073 tickets, 10 min walk NE

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