Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 32

Parking at 2850 N Ashland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2800–2899 N Ashland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 32,660 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
3111 N Ashland Ave (8 min walk) · 3130 N Ashland Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
9
Thu
Apr
10
Fri
Jun
5
Fri
Jun
8
Mon
Aug
4
Tue
Aug
5
Wed
Sep
30
Wed
Oct
1
Thu

Streets to watch near 2850 N Ashland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3000 N Lakewood Ave alone took 293 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,582 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones408 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks6,112 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions774 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks18,536 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3111 N Ashland Avespeed camera, 8 min walk N
  • 3130 N Ashland Avespeed camera, 8 min walk N
  • 2443 N Ashlandspeed camera, 9 min walk S
  • 2432 N Ashland Avespeed camera, 9 min walk S
  • 2448 Clybourn Avespeed camera, 10 min walk S
  • 1966 W Diversey Pkwyred-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 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.
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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 32, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.