Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 47

Parking at 2550 W Eastwood Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 W Eastwood Ave. Everything here is from City records — 43,192 parking tickets written across 139 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 22
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 92
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
2409 W Lawrence Ave (5 min walk) · 4804 N Western Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jul
27
Mon
Jul
28
Tue
Sep
22
Tue
Sep
23
Wed
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 2550 W Eastwood Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2500 W Argyle St alone took 301 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,077 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,956 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks259 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks5,221 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions924 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks28,538 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2409 W Lawrence Avered-light camera, 5 min walk NE
  • 4804 N Western Avered-light camera, 6 min walk NE
  • 4436 N Western Avespeed camera, 6 min walk SE
  • 4433 N Western Avespeed camera, 6 min walk SE
  • 2380 W Montrose Avered-light camera, 8 min walk SE
  • 4353 N Western Avered-light camera, 8 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 92 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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.
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 47, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.