Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 47

Parking at 2350 W Montrose Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2300–2399 W Montrose Ave. Everything here is from City records — 38,945 parking tickets written across 132 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 1618
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
2380 W Montrose Ave (1 min walk) · 4353 N Western Ave (1 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.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
Jun
1
Mon
Jun
2
Tue
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri

Streets to watch near 2350 W Montrose Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2000 W Montrose Ave alone took 281 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,390 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,328 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks808 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks6,865 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions696 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks24,565 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2380 W Montrose Avered-light camera, 1 min walk NW
  • 4353 N Western Avered-light camera, 1 min walk SW
  • 4433 N Western Avespeed camera, 1 min walk N
  • 4436 N Western Avespeed camera, 2 min walk NW
  • 4432 N Lincoln Avespeed camera, 4 min walk E
  • 2721 W Montrose Avespeed camera, 9 min walk W

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1618 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.