Chicago parking by address · Near West Side · Ward 27

Parking at 650 S Wood St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 600–699 S Wood St. Everything here is from City records — 81,934 parking tickets written across 125 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 27, section 5. 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
May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue

Streets to watch near 650 S Wood St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 W Van Buren St alone took 197 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning406 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1400 W Van Buren St — 197 tickets, 10 min walk NE
  • 1700 W Jackson Blvd — 136 tickets, 6 min walk N
  • 400 S Paulina St — 73 tickets, 4 min walk NE
Permit zones9,573 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1600 W Adams St — 1,253 tickets, 8 min walk NE
  • 1500 W Adams St — 1,107 tickets, 10 min walk NE
  • 1400 W Flournoy St — 909 tickets, 9 min walk E
Plate checks3,933 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 100 S Wood St — 369 tickets, 8 min walk N
  • 2000 W Jackson Blvd — 361 tickets, 9 min walk NW
  • 1600 W Monroe St — 361 tickets, 10 min walk N
Posted restrictions16,440 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1100 S Wood — 3,284 tickets, 7 min walk S
  • 1800 W Taylor — 1,768 tickets, 6 min walk S
  • 800 S Paulina — 1,342 tickets, 4 min walk SE
Metered blocks47,854 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1900 W Ogden Ave — 7,468 tickets, 5 min walk W
  • 1000 S Hermitage Ave — 4,393 tickets, 7 min walk S
  • 1500 W Taylor St — 3,691 tickets, 9 min walk SE
Other enforcement3,418 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 900 S Paulina — 1,139 tickets, 6 min walk SE
  • 600 S Paulina St — 1,060 tickets, 3 min walk E
  • 700 S Paulina St — 532 tickets, 3 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • 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 27, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.