Chicago parking by block · West Ridge · Ward 40

Parking at 2550 W Peterson Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 W Peterson Ave. Everything here is from City records — 33,420 parking tickets written across 123 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
2650 W Peterson Ave (2 min walk) · 6016 N Western Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 12. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
15
Wed
Apr
16
Thu
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Aug
4
Tue
Aug
5
Wed
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue

Streets to watch near 2550 W Peterson Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6100 N Western Ave alone took 469 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,391 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones10,672 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,591 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions4,817 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks8,755 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement105 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2650 W Peterson Ave — speed camera, 2 min walk W
  • 6016 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk E
  • 5981 N California Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk W
  • 2340 W Peterson Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk E
  • 2801 W Peterson Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk W

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 40, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.