Chicago parking by block · Logan Square · Ward 1

Parking at 2450 W Mclean Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2400–2499 W Mclean Ave. Everything here is from City records — 40,455 parking tickets written across 165 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, October 21
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 102
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
2343 N Western Ave (8 min walk) · 2404 N Western Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 1, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Jul
27
Mon
Jul
28
Tue
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu

Streets to watch near 2450 W Mclean Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2000 N Campbell Ave alone took 408 tickets in three years, a 1 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,311 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones6,662 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks11,230 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions173 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks12,455 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement459 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2343 N Western Avered-light camera, 8 min walk N
  • 2404 N Western Avered-light camera, 9 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 102 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 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 1, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.