Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 50

Parking at 2850 W Bryn Mawr Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2800–2899 W Bryn Mawr Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,035 parking tickets written across 118 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 15

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

5981 N California Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 50, section 13. 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 2850 W Bryn Mawr Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 N Artesian Ave alone took 345 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,381 tickets

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

5500 N Artesian Ave — 345 tickets, 9 min walk E
5600 N Artesian Ave — 294 tickets, 10 min walk E
5500 N Campbell Ave — 233 tickets, 8 min walk E

Permit zones3,367 tickets

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

2700 W Farragut Ave — 534 tickets, 9 min walk S
2500 W Balmoral — 476 tickets, 8 min walk SE
2500 W Catalpa — 310 tickets, 8 min walk E

Plate checks862 tickets

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

2600 W Ardmore Ave — 158 tickets, 7 min walk NE
5600 N Rockwell St — 157 tickets, 6 min walk E
2900 W Farragut Ave — 107 tickets, 9 min walk S

Posted restrictions853 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

5400 N Campbell Ave — 241 tickets, 9 min walk SE
5600 N Campbell — 199 tickets, 8 min walk E
5300 N Rockwell St — 183 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Metered blocks704 tickets

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

5400 N Lincoln Ave — 279 tickets, 8 min walk E
5200 N California Ave — 216 tickets, 9 min walk S
5300 N Lincoln Ave — 137 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Other enforcement236 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

5800 N Lincoln — 131 tickets, 8 min walk NW
5700 N Lincoln Ave — 105 tickets, 5 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5981 N California Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk N

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 1 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 50, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.