Chicago parking by address · Lower West Side · Ward 25

Parking at 950 W 18th Pl

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 900–999 W 18th Pl. Everything here is from City records — 55,313 parking tickets written across 150 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 2349
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 25, section 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jun
26
Fri
Jun
29
Mon
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Sep
30
Wed
Oct
1
Thu
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue

Streets to watch near 950 W 18th Pl

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 W 18th St alone took 1,339 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,582 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1000 W 18th St — 1,339 tickets, 3 min walk W
  • 1200 W 16th St — 639 tickets, 10 min walk W
  • 1100 W Cullerton St — 619 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Permit zones18,306 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 900 W 18th Pl — 2,346 tickets, 1 min walk N
  • 1100 W 19th St — 1,455 tickets, 7 min walk W
  • 1100 W 17th St — 1,180 tickets, 7 min walk W
Plate checks15,033 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1200 W 19th St — 732 tickets, 10 min walk W
  • 900 W 19th St — 700 tickets, 2 min walk SW
  • 900 W Cullerton St — 649 tickets, 4 min walk SW
Posted restrictions1,015 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 700 W Maxwell — 588 tickets, 10 min walk N
  • 1900 S Allport St — 427 tickets, 9 min walk W
Metered blocks11,958 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1100 W 18th St — 3,588 tickets, 7 min walk W
  • 1300 S Halsted St — 3,079 tickets, 8 min walk N
  • 1200 W 18th St — 2,664 tickets, 8 min walk W
Other enforcement57 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 2100 S Emerald Ave — 57 tickets, 8 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 2349 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 25, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.