Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 27

Parking at 450 N St Louis Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 400–499 N St Louis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 14,660 parking tickets written across 122 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
300 N Hamlin Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 27, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
May
1
Fri
May
4
Mon
Jun
1
Mon
Jun
2
Tue
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Aug
26
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 450 N St Louis 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 cleaning4,872 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,839 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks229 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks6,325 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions738 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Other enforcement226 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 300 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 10 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 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 27, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.