Parking at 2650 N Central
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2600–2699 N Central. Everything here is from City records — 27,943 parking tickets written across 139 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
5564 W Diversey Ave (3 min walk) · 2806 N Central Ave (4 min walk)
Streets to watch near 2650 N Central
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5300 W Fullerton Ave alone took 412 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning7,818 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 5300 W Fullerton Ave — 412 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 5500 W Diversey Ave — 408 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 5200 W Drummond Pl — 381 tickets, 9 min walk E
Permit zones10,657 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2700 N Linder Ave — 632 tickets, 3 min walk NE
- 5200 W Wrightwood Ave — 560 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 5200 W Altgeld St — 531 tickets, 10 min walk SE
Plate checks5,539 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2500 N Long Ave — 298 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 2400 N Lockwood Ave — 297 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 2600 N Long Ave — 264 tickets, 5 min walk E
Posted restrictions3,840 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2500 N Lockwood Ave — 329 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 5400 W Drummond Pl — 328 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 5300 W Schubert Ave — 297 tickets, 6 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5564 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk N
- 2806 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk N
- 2410 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
- 5550 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
- 5509 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk S
- 5446 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk SE
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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.