Parking at 850 N Lake Shore Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 N Lake Shore Dr. Everything here is from City records — 216,727 parking tickets written across 78 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 2, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 850 N Lake Shore Dr
plate checks is the thing to watch around here: 300 E Ontario St alone took 1,693 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 300 E Ontario St — 1,693 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 100 E Ontario St — 819 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 800 N Michigan — 393 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 200 E Huron St — 3,726 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 200 E Erie St — 3,648 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 600 N St Clair St — 3,616 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 200 E Ohio St — 14,941 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 0 E Huron St — 9,340 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 300 E Erie St — 8,871 tickets, 4 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 451 E Grand Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk S
- 142 E Ontario St — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
- 498 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
- 630 N Michigan Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
- 324 E Illinois St — speed camera, 9 min walk S
- 489 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
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.
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 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.