Parking at 450 W Adams St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 400–499 W Adams St. Everything here is from City records — 139,992 parking tickets written across 162 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?
6
216 S Jefferson St (4 min walk) · 147 S Desplaines St (5 min walk)
Streets to watch near 450 W Adams St
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 400 S Clinton St alone took 1,123 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
Permit zones5,769 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 400 S Clinton St — 1,123 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 600 S Wells St — 892 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 700 W Quincy St — 830 tickets, 8 min walk W
Plate checks915 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 800 W Van Buren St — 557 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 400 S La Salle St — 251 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 700 W Gladys Ave — 107 tickets, 6 min walk SW
Posted restrictions21,118 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 0 N Clark St — 4,178 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 500 W Madison St — 2,897 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 0 N La Salle St — 2,325 tickets, 8 min walk NE
Metered blocks108,726 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 100 N Wells St — 6,588 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 100 W Monroe St — 3,828 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 100 N Franklin St — 3,794 tickets, 10 min walk NE
Other enforcement2,968 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 100 W Adams St — 713 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 400 W Jackson Blvd — 487 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 300 W Jackson Blvd — 337 tickets, 3 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 216 S Jefferson St — speed camera, 4 min walk W
- 147 S Desplaines St — speed camera, 5 min walk W
- �201 N Upper Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
- 3 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
- 14 N Halsted St — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
- 380 W Wacker Dr — 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 6 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.