Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 36

Parking at 2150 N Parkside

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2100–2199 N Parkside. Everything here is from City records — 20,255 parking tickets written across 106 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 2409
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
5
5440 W Grand Ave (5 min walk) · 5550 W Fullerton Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 36, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
27
Mon
Apr
28
Tue
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 2150 N Parkside

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2400 N Long Ave alone took 269 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,616 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones5,364 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,920 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions4,969 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Other enforcement238 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5440 W Grand Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk SE
  • 5550 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk N
  • 2410 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk N
  • 5509 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk NE
  • 5446 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 2409 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 5 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 36, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.