Parking at 950 N Drake
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 900–999 N Drake. Everything here is from City records — 24,011 parking tickets written across 135 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 27, section 1. 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 950 N Drake
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 W Cortez St alone took 347 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 3200 W Cortez St — 347 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 1200 N Spaulding Ave — 320 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 1100 N Avers Ave — 319 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 1100 N Lawndale — 925 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 1000 N Monticello — 497 tickets, 3 min walk NW
- 800 N Trumbull — 434 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 800 N St Louis — 182 tickets, 3 min walk SE
- 1000 N Springfield Ave — 468 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 900 N Central Park — 358 tickets, 1 min walk NW
- 1000 N Kedzie Ave — 334 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3700 W Augusta — 330 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 3800 W Augusta — 327 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 3900 W Augusta — 281 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 800 N Kedzie — 182 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3400 W Chicago — 91 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 3200 W Grand — 52 tickets, 8 min walk E
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.
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 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.