Parking at 450 N Springfield
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 400–499 N Springfield. Everything here is from City records — 8,886 parking tickets written across 99 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 37, section 15. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 450 N Springfield
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 W West End Ave alone took 299 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 4100 W West End Ave — 299 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 700 N Ridgeway — 275 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 3500 W Walnut St — 263 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 500 N Drake Ave — 140 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 200 N Hamlin — 92 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 200 N Keystone Ave — 85 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 400 N Central Park — 47 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 4000 W West End — 42 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 700 N Avers — 315 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 3500 W Fulton — 287 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 300 N Avers — 232 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 3500 W Lake — 92 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 3900 W Washington Blvd — 90 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 200 N Central Park — 46 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 700 N Pulaski Rd — 85 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 600 N Harding — 44 tickets, 7 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 300 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk SE
- 269 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
- 732 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 9 min walk N
- 4011 W Chicago 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 4 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.
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 37, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.