Chicago parking by block · Lower West Side · Ward 25

Parking at 2150 S Ashland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2100–2199 S Ashland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 71,534 parking tickets written across 101 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 22
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
1477 W. Cermak Rd (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 25, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
15
Wed
Apr
16
Thu
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Sep
22
Tue
Sep
23
Wed
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 2150 S Ashland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 W 18th St alone took 1,266 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,789 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones12,009 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks12,067 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,197 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks39,413 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1477 W. Cermak Rdspeed camera, 4 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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 25, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.