Parking at 2650 W Lake
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2600–2699 W Lake. Everything here is from City records — 9,230 parking tickets written across 98 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 27, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 2650 W Lake
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2800 W Fulton St alone took 140 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
- 2800 W Fulton St — 140 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 2900 W Walnut St — 139 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 100 N California Ave — 75 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 2700 W Washington Blvd — 345 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 2200 W Madison St — 350 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 2900 W Warren Blvd — 323 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 2600 W Washington Blvd — 302 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 2300 W Madison — 63 tickets, 8 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2382 W Madison St — red-light camera, 7 min walk SE
- 13 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk SE
- 133 N Sacramento Blvd — red-light camera, 10 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 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.
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 27, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.