Chicago parking by block · Lower West Side · Ward 28

Parking at 2450 W Cermak Road

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2400–2499 W Cermak Road. Everything here is from City records — 47,133 parking tickets written across 102 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
2425 W Cermak Rd (1 min walk) · 2140 S Western Ave (1 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 28, section 4. 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
Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 2450 W Cermak Road

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2200 W 18th St alone took 1,310 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,563 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones19,618 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks7,736 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,175 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks9,774 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement157 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2425 W Cermak Rd — red-light camera, 1 min walk E
  • 2140 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk E
  • 2115 S Western Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk NE
  • 2108 S Western Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk NE

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 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.
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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 28, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.