Chicago parking by address · Lake View · Ward 32

Parking at 2850 N Lincoln Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2800–2899 N Lincoln Ave. Everything here is from City records — 69,522 parking tickets written across 143 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 10. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon

Streets to watch near 2850 N Lincoln Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 800 W Wolfram St alone took 595 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,481 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 800 W Wolfram St — 595 tickets, 10 min walk E
  • 800 W George St — 513 tickets, 10 min walk E
  • 1100 W Barry Ave — 397 tickets, 7 min walk NE
Permit zones8,928 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 2900 N Mildred Ave — 1,050 tickets, 9 min walk E
  • 800 W Oakdale Ave — 764 tickets, 10 min walk E
  • 900 W Oakdale Ave — 681 tickets, 7 min walk E
Plate checks5,517 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 2600 N Sheffield Ave — 388 tickets, 8 min walk SE
  • 1400 W Fletcher St — 375 tickets, 9 min walk NW
  • 1200 W Barry Ave — 306 tickets, 6 min walk N
Posted restrictions493 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
  • 1400 W Diversey Pkwy — 191 tickets, 6 min walk W
  • 1500 W Diversey Pkwy — 185 tickets, 8 min walk W
  • 1600 W Diversey Pkwy — 117 tickets, 10 min walk W
Metered blocks43,024 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 2700 N Lincoln Ave — 3,464 tickets, 4 min walk SE
  • 1300 W Belmont Ave — 3,060 tickets, 10 min walk N
  • 2900 N Lincoln Ave — 3,020 tickets, 4 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • 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 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.