Parking at 450 W Kinzie St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 400–499 W Kinzie St. Everything here is from City records — 315,722 parking tickets written across 166 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?
4
380 W Wacker Dr (5 min walk) · �201 N Upper Wacker Dr (5 min walk)
Streets to watch near 450 W Kinzie St
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 500 W Erie St alone took 2,797 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Permit zones3,925 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 500 W Erie St — 2,797 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 500 W Huron St — 725 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 500 W Superior St — 403 tickets, 10 min walk NW
Plate checks2,271 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 300 N Clinton St — 1,192 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 700 N Larrabee St — 544 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 500 N Desplaines St — 173 tickets, 7 min walk NW
Posted restrictions39,068 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 100 W Kinzie St — 11,297 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 100 W Illinois St — 8,805 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 600 N Wells St — 6,549 tickets, 7 min walk NE
Metered blocks269,054 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 100 W Hubbard St — 15,708 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 0 W Illinois St — 10,317 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 0 W Grand Ave — 9,929 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Other enforcement990 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 0 N Canal St — 283 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 600 W Walnut St — 227 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 200 N Dearborn St — 214 tickets, 10 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 380 W Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 5 min walk SE
- �201 N Upper Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
- 149 W Kinzie St — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
- 349 N La Salle Dr — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
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.
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.