Chicago parking by block · Uptown · Ward 46

Parking at 650 W Buena Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 600–699 W Buena Ave. Everything here is from City records — 71,550 parking tickets written across 89 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
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 46, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Jul
13
Mon
Jul
14
Tue
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
5
Thu

Streets to watch near 650 W Buena Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 N Broadway alone took 1,405 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning21,367 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones5,574 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,081 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions8,962 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks31,598 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement876 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

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 46, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.