Parking at 450 N Drake Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 400–499 N Drake Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,302 parking tickets written across 111 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
300 N Hamlin Ave (8 min walk) · 269 N Hamlin Ave (8 min walk)
Streets to watch near 450 N Drake Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 W Fulton Blvd alone took 377 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning4,631 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3200 W Fulton Blvd — 377 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 3300 W Fulton Blvd — 304 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 700 N Ridgeway — 275 tickets, 10 min walk NW
Permit zones720 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 600 N Christiana Ave — 308 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 700 N Monticello Ave — 180 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 500 N Drake Ave — 140 tickets, 3 min walk N
City sticker checks47 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 400 N Central Park — 47 tickets, 2 min walk NW
Plate checks5,735 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3300 W Maypole Ave — 322 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 3500 W Fulton — 287 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 300 N Avers — 232 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Posted restrictions629 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 500 N Homan Ave — 266 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 700 N Homan Ave — 184 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 3500 W Lake — 92 tickets, 6 min walk S
Other enforcement91 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 3400 W Chicago — 91 tickets, 9 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 300 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
- 269 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.