Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 40

Parking at 2750 W Winnemac Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2700–2799 W Winnemac Ave. Everything here is from City records — 19,745 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3034 W Foster Ave (8 min walk) · 5206 N Western Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 16. 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 2750 W Winnemac Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 W Argyle St alone took 302 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,881 tickets

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

2900 W Argyle St — 302 tickets, 5 min walk W
2500 W Argyle St — 301 tickets, 6 min walk E
3100 W Argyle St — 268 tickets, 10 min walk W

Permit zones4,618 tickets

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

2700 W Farragut Ave — 534 tickets, 5 min walk N
2500 W Balmoral — 476 tickets, 10 min walk NE
3000 W Gunnison St — 436 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Plate checks2,436 tickets

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

5000 N Albany Ave — 372 tickets, 9 min walk W
4900 N Whipple St — 237 tickets, 8 min walk W
2600 W Gunnison St — 185 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Posted restrictions1,594 tickets

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

3000 W Argyle St — 424 tickets, 7 min walk W
4800 N Sacramento Ave — 218 tickets, 8 min walk SW
2400 W Foster Ave — 190 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Metered blocks3,881 tickets

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

4800 N Albany Ave — 640 tickets, 10 min walk SW
2700 W Winona St — 565 tickets, 2 min walk N
4700 N Rockwell St — 396 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Other enforcement124 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2600 W Foster Ave — 69 tickets, 5 min walk NE
2700 W Foster — 55 tickets, 4 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3034 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk NW
5206 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk NE

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 2 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 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.