Parking at 250 N Austin
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 N Austin. Everything here is from City records — 12,158 parking tickets written across 67 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 29, 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 N Austin
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 0 N Waller alone took 509 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 0 N Waller — 509 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 0 N Mayfield Ave — 471 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 5600 W Washington — 453 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5900 W Midway Park — 566 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 5900 W Fulton St — 541 tickets, 2 min walk E
- 100 N Mason Ave — 305 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 100 N Parkside — 619 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 200 N Mason Ave — 295 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 5900 W Ohio St — 241 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 0 S Mayfield — 224 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 0 S Menard — 215 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 300 N Austin Blvd — 97 tickets, 2 min walk N
- 5800 W Madison — 443 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 5700 W Madison — 133 tickets, 10 min walk SE
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- 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 29, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.