Chicago parking by address · Near North Side · Ward 2

Parking at 50 E Chicago Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 E Chicago Ave. Everything here is from City records — 505,430 parking tickets written across 150 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
14 W Chicago Ave (3 min walk) · 19 E Chicago Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 2, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
Apr
27
Mon
Apr
28
Tue
May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
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
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 50 E Chicago Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 100 W Oak St alone took 563 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning563 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 100 W Oak St — 563 tickets, 10 min walk NW
Permit zones7,867 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 0 E Cedar St — 3,488 tickets, 8 min walk N
  • 0 E Bellevue Pl — 2,196 tickets, 7 min walk N
  • 800 N La Salle St — 819 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Plate checks3,426 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 300 E Ontario St — 1,693 tickets, 8 min walk SE
  • 100 E Ontario St — 819 tickets, 5 min walk S
  • 800 N Michigan — 393 tickets, 2 min walk NE
Posted restrictions82,830 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 0 W Hubbard St — 12,917 tickets, 10 min walk S
  • 400 N State St — 12,909 tickets, 9 min walk S
  • 1100 N State St — 10,380 tickets, 8 min walk N
Metered blocks409,634 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 200 E Ohio St — 14,941 tickets, 7 min walk SE
  • 400 N Wabash Ave — 12,819 tickets, 10 min walk S
  • 0 E Hubbard St — 11,616 tickets, 9 min walk S
Other enforcement904 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 100 W Chicago Avenue — 904 tickets, 7 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 14 W Chicago Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk W
  • 19 E Chicago Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk W
  • 630 N Michigan Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk S
  • 142 E Ontario St — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
  • 98 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk W
  • 105 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk W

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.
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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 2, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.