Parking at 250 E Wacker Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 E Wacker Dr. Everything here is from City records — 327,130 parking tickets written across 128 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
449 N Columbus Dr (3 min walk) · 450 N Columbus Dr (3 min walk)
Streets to watch near 250 E Wacker Dr
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.
Permit zones396 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 400 E North Water St — 396 tickets, 5 min walk NE
Plate checks2,577 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 300 E Ontario St — 1,693 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 100 E Ontario St — 819 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 200 N Lake Shore Dr — 65 tickets, 8 min walk SE
Posted restrictions112,865 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 0 W Randolph St — 16,088 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 0 W Hubbard St — 12,917 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 400 N State St — 12,909 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Metered blocks203,656 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 100 N Wabash Ave — 16,753 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 200 E Ohio St — 14,941 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 400 N Wabash Ave — 12,819 tickets, 6 min walk NW
Other enforcement7,369 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 100 N Stetson — 3,641 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 100 N Dearborn St — 3,278 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 200 N Dearborn St — 214 tickets, 9 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 449 N Columbus Dr — speed camera, 3 min walk N
- 450 N Columbus Dr — speed camera, 3 min walk N
- 489 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 4 min walk N
- 324 E Illinois St — speed camera, 4 min walk NE
- 498 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 5 min walk N
- 451 E Grand Ave — speed camera, 8 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 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.