Parking at 250 W Grand Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 W Grand Ave. Everything here is from City records — 446,759 parking tickets written across 162 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 42, section 2. 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 W Grand Ave
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 500 W Erie St alone took 2,797 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 500 W Erie St — 2,797 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 500 W Huron St — 725 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 500 W Superior St — 403 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 300 N Clinton St — 1,192 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 700 N Larrabee St — 544 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 500 N Desplaines St — 173 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 0 W Hubbard St — 12,917 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 400 N State St — 12,909 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 100 W Kinzie St — 11,297 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 100 W Hubbard St — 15,708 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 400 N Wabash Ave — 12,819 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 0 E Hubbard St — 11,616 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 100 N Dearborn St — 3,278 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 400 W Chicago Ave — 1,952 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 100 W Chicago Avenue — 904 tickets, 8 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 149 W Kinzie St — red-light camera, 4 min walk SE
- 349 N La Salle Dr — red-light camera, 5 min walk SE
- 105 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
- 380 W Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 8 min walk S
- 98 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
- �201 N Upper Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
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 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.