Parking at 250 E Illinois Lower
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 E Illinois Lower. Everything here is from City records — 406,928 parking tickets written across 144 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 42, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 250 E Illinois Lower
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 400 E North Water St alone took 396 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 400 E North Water St — 396 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 300 E Ontario St — 1,693 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 100 E Ontario St — 819 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 800 N Lake Shore Dr — 53 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 0 W Hubbard St — 12,917 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 400 N State St — 12,909 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 300 E Randolph — 6,204 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 200 E Ohio St — 14,941 tickets, 2 min walk N
- 400 N Wabash Ave — 12,819 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 0 E Hubbard St — 11,616 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 100 N Stetson — 3,641 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 200 N Dearborn St — 214 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 300 N Columbus Dr — 50 tickets, 5 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 498 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 1 min walk NE
- 489 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 2 min walk E
- 450 N Columbus Dr — speed camera, 2 min walk SE
- 449 N Columbus Dr — speed camera, 2 min walk SE
- 324 E Illinois St — speed camera, 2 min walk E
- 142 E Ontario St — red-light camera, 4 min walk NW
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 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.
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 42, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.