Chicago parking by block · Near North Side · Ward 42

Parking at 450 W Grand Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 400–499 W Grand Ave. Everything here is from City records — 299,088 parking tickets written across 161 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 22
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1189
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
149 W Kinzie St (8 min walk) · 380 W Wacker Dr (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 42, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
Apr
21
Tue
Apr
22
Wed
May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jun
5
Fri
Jun
23
Tue
Jun
24
Wed
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Sep
22
Tue
Sep
23
Wed
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed
Oct
22
Thu
Oct
23
Fri
Nov
5
Thu
Nov
6
Fri

Streets to watch near 450 W Grand Ave

permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 500 W Erie St alone took 2,797 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Permit zones4,681 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,992 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions31,499 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks255,995 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement2,594 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 149 W Kinzie St — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
  • 380 W Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 8 min walk S
  • 349 N La Salle Dr — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
  • �201 N Upper Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 9 min walk S

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1189 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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.
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 42, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.