Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 47

Parking at 2250 W Leland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2200–2299 W Leland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 50,088 parking tickets written across 147 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 92

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

2409 W Lawrence Ave (4 min walk) · 4804 N Western Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, 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 2250 W Leland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2500 W Argyle St alone took 301 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,682 tickets

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

2500 W Argyle St — 301 tickets, 9 min walk NW
2000 W Montrose Ave — 281 tickets, 9 min walk SE
4400 N Seeley Ave — 251 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Permit zones4,760 tickets

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

4600 N Winchester Ave — 502 tickets, 9 min walk E
1900 W Leland Ave — 441 tickets, 8 min walk E
2400 W Eastwood Ave — 399 tickets, 4 min walk W

City sticker checks259 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

4400 N Lincoln — 157 tickets, 7 min walk S
2600 W Eastwood Ave — 102 tickets, 9 min walk W

Plate checks6,064 tickets

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

2400 W Pensacola Ave — 331 tickets, 10 min walk SW
2300 W Sunnyside Ave — 277 tickets, 5 min walk S
4400 N Artesian Ave — 270 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Posted restrictions696 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

2500 W Sunnyside Ave — 208 tickets, 8 min walk SW
4500 N Maplewood Ave — 206 tickets, 7 min walk SW
4500 N Campbell Ave — 181 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Metered blocks31,540 tickets

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

4700 N Lincoln Ave — 5,488 tickets, 1 min walk W
4500 N Lincoln Ave — 4,454 tickets, 4 min walk S
2300 W Lawrence Ave — 2,796 tickets, 3 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2409 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk NW
4804 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk NW
4432 N Lincoln Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk S
4436 N Western Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk SW
4433 N Western Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk S
2380 W Montrose Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk S

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 92 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 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 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.