Chicago parking by address · Near North Side · Ward 27

Parking at 250 W Institute Pl

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 W Institute Pl. Everything here is from City records — 375,116 parking tickets written across 171 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
105 W Chicago Ave (4 min walk) · 901 N Clark St (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 27, section 10. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
27
Mon
Apr
28
Tue
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 250 W Institute Pl

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 100 W Oak St alone took 563 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning563 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 100 W Oak St — 563 tickets, 5 min walk N
Permit zones8,779 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 500 W Erie St — 2,797 tickets, 8 min walk SW
  • 0 E Bellevue Pl — 2,196 tickets, 9 min walk NE
  • 800 N La Salle St — 819 tickets, 3 min walk NE
Plate checks7,080 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 800 N Hudson Ave — 1,087 tickets, 5 min walk W
  • 900 N Hudson Ave — 715 tickets, 6 min walk NW
  • 200 W Hill St — 609 tickets, 7 min walk N
Posted restrictions37,868 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1100 N State St — 10,380 tickets, 10 min walk NE
  • 100 W Illinois St — 8,805 tickets, 9 min walk S
  • 600 N Wells St — 6,549 tickets, 6 min walk S
Metered blocks317,501 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 0 W Grand Ave — 9,929 tickets, 9 min walk SE
  • 0 W Erie St — 9,384 tickets, 8 min walk SE
  • 0 E Huron St — 9,340 tickets, 10 min walk E
Other enforcement3,221 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 400 W Chicago Ave — 1,952 tickets, 7 min walk W
  • 100 W Chicago Avenue — 904 tickets, 3 min walk E
  • 800 N Cambridge — 365 tickets, 7 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 105 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
  • 901 N Clark St — speed camera, 4 min walk NE
  • 98 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
  • 19 E Chicago Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk E
  • 14 W Chicago Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk E

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 5 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 27, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.