Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 47

Parking at 2250 W Irving Park Rd

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2200–2299 W Irving Park Rd. Everything here is from City records — 20,787 parking tickets written across 137 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 27
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
2501 W Irving Park Rd (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 2250 W Irving Park Rd

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1900 W Byron St alone took 163 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,111 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones514 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks602 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks4,260 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions210 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks10,703 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2501 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 7 min walk W

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 47, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.