Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Park · Ward 43

Parking at 950 W Fullerton Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 900–999 W Fullerton Ave. Everything here is from City records — 90,120 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 143
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
2391 N Halsted St (4 min walk) · 744 W Fullerton Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 43, section 5. 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
Apr
9
Thu
Apr
10
Fri
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
26
Fri
Jun
29
Mon
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
17
Thu
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 950 W Fullerton Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2400 N Orchard St alone took 731 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning14,575 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones13,925 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks6,708 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,407 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks53,498 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2391 N Halsted St — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
  • 744 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk E

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 143 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 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 43, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.