Chicago parking by block · West Town · Ward 1

Parking at 850 N Greenview Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 N Greenview Ave. Everything here is from City records — 82,609 parking tickets written across 157 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
1455 W Grand Ave (8 min walk) · 1173 N Ashland Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 1, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 850 N Greenview Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 W Rice St alone took 582 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,800 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones17,333 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks13,050 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions404 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks43,875 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1455 W Grand Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk S
  • 1173 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
  • 1455 W Division St — speed camera, 9 min walk N
  • 1444 W Division St — speed camera, 10 min walk N
  • 1601 W Division St — red-light camera, 10 min walk N

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 5 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 1, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.