Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 40

Parking at 2850 W Lawrence

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2800–2899 W Lawrence. Everything here is from City records — 27,048 parking tickets written across 127 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?
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 40, section 18. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
1
Fri
May
4
Mon
Jun
26
Fri
Jun
29
Mon
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri

Streets to watch near 2850 W Lawrence

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 N Whipple St alone took 445 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,757 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,066 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks102 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks2,735 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,137 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks10,003 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

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 40, section 18. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.