Parking at 850 N Wells St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 N Wells St. Everything here is from City records — 353,009 parking tickets written across 167 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
901 N Clark St (3 min walk) · 105 W Chicago Ave (4 min walk)
Streets to watch near 850 N Wells St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 100 W Oak St alone took 563 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
Street cleaning563 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 100 W Oak St — 563 tickets, 3 min walk N
Permit zones8,206 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 0 E Bellevue Pl — 2,196 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 200 W Goethe St — 901 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 800 N La Salle St — 819 tickets, 2 min walk NE
Plate checks6,857 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 800 N Hudson Ave — 1,087 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 900 N Hudson Ave — 715 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 200 W Hill St — 609 tickets, 5 min walk N
Posted restrictions38,966 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 1100 N State St — 10,380 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 600 N Wells St — 6,549 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 1000 N Rush St — 6,179 tickets, 8 min walk NE
Metered blocks295,081 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 0 E Oak St — 9,421 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 0 W Erie St — 9,384 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 0 E Walton St — 8,137 tickets, 9 min walk E
Other enforcement3,221 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 400 W Chicago Ave — 1,952 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 100 W Chicago Avenue — 904 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 800 N Cambridge — 365 tickets, 8 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 901 N Clark St — speed camera, 3 min walk E
- 105 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk SE
- 98 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk SE
- 19 E Chicago Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk SE
- 14 W Chicago Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk SE
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.
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.