Chicago parking by block · Logan Square · Ward 1

Parking at 2550 W Medill Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 W Medill Ave. Everything here is from City records — 44,858 parking tickets written across 148 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 102

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

2343 N Western Ave (3 min walk) · 2404 N Western Ave (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 1, section 11. 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 2550 W Medill Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2000 N Campbell Ave alone took 408 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,147 tickets

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

2000 N Campbell Ave — 408 tickets, 7 min walk S
2700 W Francis Pl — 368 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2300 N Washtenaw Ave — 351 tickets, 6 min walk W

Permit zones6,079 tickets

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

2700 W Belden Ave — 785 tickets, 7 min walk W
2800 W Belden Ave — 524 tickets, 9 min walk W
2500 W Lyndale St — 490 tickets, 2 min walk S

Plate checks6,534 tickets

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

2300 N Rockwell St — 358 tickets, 3 min walk W
2500 W Fullerton Ave — 344 tickets, 1 min walk NW
2200 N Rockwell St — 292 tickets, 3 min walk SW

Posted restrictions173 tickets

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

2200 N Hamilton Ave — 95 tickets, 9 min walk E
2200 W Dickens Ave — 78 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Metered blocks22,576 tickets

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

2300 N Milwaukee Ave — 7,972 tickets, 8 min walk W
2300 N California Ave — 2,375 tickets, 8 min walk W
2000 N Milwaukee Ave — 1,794 tickets, 7 min walk S

Other enforcement171 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2100 N Western Ave — 171 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2343 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk E
2404 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk NE
2638 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk W
2716 W Logan Blvd — speed camera, 9 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 102 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 1, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.