Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 40

Parking at 2650 W Farragut Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2600–2699 W Farragut Ave. Everything here is from City records — 17,287 parking tickets written across 136 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 6
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 43
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
3
5206 N Western Ave (6 min walk) · 2350 W Foster Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 15. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed

Streets to watch near 2650 W Farragut Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 N Artesian Ave alone took 345 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,665 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones4,182 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,689 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,309 tickets
Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.
Metered blocks1,992 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement124 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5206 N Western Avered-light camera, 6 min walk E
  • 2350 W Foster Avered-light camera, 7 min walk E
  • 3034 W Foster Avespeed camera, 10 min walk W

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 43 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.