Chicago parking by address · Armour Square · Ward 11

Parking at 250 W 23rd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 W 23rd St. Everything here is from City records — 152,964 parking tickets written across 112 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 1523
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
Jun
3
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu

Streets to watch near 250 W 23rd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Wells St alone took 230 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,477 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 2600 S Wells St — 230 tickets, 9 min walk S
  • 2600 S Princeton Ave — 220 tickets, 8 min walk S
  • 200 W 25th Pl — 171 tickets, 6 min walk S
Permit zones13,267 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1900 S Wentworth Ave — 4,241 tickets, 7 min walk N
  • 0 E 23rd St — 3,119 tickets, 9 min walk E
  • 200 W Alexander St — 1,698 tickets, 1 min walk N
Plate checks4,927 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 200 W 24th St — 1,095 tickets, 3 min walk S
  • 300 W 23rd St — 617 tickets, 3 min walk W
  • 0 W 24th St — 467 tickets, 5 min walk SE
Posted restrictions19,851 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 2200 S Michigan Ave — 16,163 tickets, 10 min walk E
  • 2000 S Clark — 1,024 tickets, 7 min walk NE
  • 200 W Cullerton St — 734 tickets, 6 min walk N
Metered blocks113,007 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 2100 S Archer Ave — 36,921 tickets, 3 min walk N
  • 2100 S China Pl — 11,759 tickets, 4 min walk NW
  • 2100 S Princeton Ave — 5,664 tickets, 5 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1523 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 11, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.