Parking at 2150 S Western Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2100–2199 S Western Ave. Everything here is from City records — 50,019 parking tickets written across 106 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 151
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
2140 S Western Ave (1 min walk) · 2425 W Cermak Rd (1 min walk)
Streets to watch near 2150 S Western Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2200 W 18th St alone took 1,310 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
Street cleaning9,432 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2200 W 18th St — 1,310 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 2100 W 18th St — 1,257 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 2300 W 18th St — 1,239 tickets, 7 min walk N
Permit zones19,105 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2000 W 21st St — 1,396 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 2600 W 23rd Pl — 1,200 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 2100 W 21st Pl — 1,112 tickets, 7 min walk E
Plate checks7,884 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2300 W 21st Pl — 677 tickets, 2 min walk N
- 2600 W 21st Pl — 620 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 2100 W 23rd Pl — 607 tickets, 7 min walk SE
Posted restrictions1,955 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2200 S Washtenaw Ave — 421 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 2100 S Hoyne Ave — 415 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 2200 W 24th St — 366 tickets, 7 min walk SE
Metered blocks11,510 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2700 W Cermak Rd — 3,573 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 2100 W Cermak Rd — 3,546 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 2000 W Cermak Rd — 1,982 tickets, 9 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2140 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk SW
- 2425 W Cermak Rd — red-light camera, 1 min walk SW
- 2115 S Western Ave — speed camera, 1 min walk N
- 2108 S Western Ave — speed camera, 2 min walk N
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 151 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.