Parking at 650 N Drake Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 600–699 N Drake Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,514 parking tickets written across 127 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?
Zone 700
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 650 N Drake Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 700 N Ridgeway alone took 275 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
Street cleaning4,083 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 700 N Ridgeway — 275 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 3400 W Fulton Blvd — 231 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 900 N Hamlin Ave — 225 tickets, 10 min walk NW
Permit zones2,214 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 800 N Trumbull — 434 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 600 N Christiana Ave — 308 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 900 N Trumbull Ave — 301 tickets, 8 min walk N
City sticker checks229 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 800 N St Louis — 182 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 400 N Central Park — 47 tickets, 4 min walk S
Plate checks8,450 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 900 N Central Park — 358 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 700 N Avers — 315 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 3500 W Fulton — 287 tickets, 9 min walk S
Posted restrictions961 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 500 N Homan Ave — 266 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 3600 W Augusta — 259 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 700 N Homan Ave — 184 tickets, 5 min walk NE
Other enforcement267 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 600 N Kedzie — 135 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3400 W Chicago — 91 tickets, 4 min walk NE
- 700 N Kedzie — 41 tickets, 9 min walk E
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 700 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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.