Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Park · Ward 43

Parking at 250 W Dickens

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 W Dickens. Everything here is from City records — 53,480 parking tickets written across 100 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 11

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1817 N Clark St (6 min walk) · 220 W Fullerton Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 43, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 250 W Dickens

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2300 N Cleveland Ave alone took 574 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,839 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

2300 N Cleveland Ave — 574 tickets, 8 min walk NW
500 W Belden Ave — 542 tickets, 9 min walk NW
400 W Belden Ave — 487 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Permit zones3,948 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

2000 N Howe St — 575 tickets, 9 min walk W
300 W Wisconsin St — 461 tickets, 5 min walk S
2000 N Cleveland Ave — 389 tickets, 5 min walk W

Plate checks9,539 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

1900 N Lincoln Ave — 774 tickets, 4 min walk S
2200 N Cleveland Ave — 618 tickets, 6 min walk NW
2100 N Lincoln Ave — 573 tickets, 6 min walk W

Posted restrictions5,181 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

2400 N Cannon Dr — 1,191 tickets, 9 min walk N
2000 N Stockton Dr — 1,007 tickets, 2 min walk SE
1900 N Stockton Dr — 952 tickets, 4 min walk SE

Metered blocks22,657 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

2200 N Lincoln Ave — 5,828 tickets, 9 min walk W
2300 N Clark St — 3,655 tickets, 7 min walk NW
1700 N Clark St — 3,168 tickets, 9 min walk S

Other enforcement3,205 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1800 N Stockton — 2,252 tickets, 8 min walk SE
2300 N Stockton Dr — 953 tickets, 7 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1817 N Clark St — speed camera, 6 min walk S
220 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk N
2359 N Clark St — red-light camera, 8 min walk NW
2406 N Clark St — red-light camera, 9 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 4 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 43, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.