Parking at 950 W Granville
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 900–999 W Granville. Everything here is from City records — 30,712 parking tickets written across 54 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?
4
6151 N Sheridan Rd (1 min walk) · 1209 W Devon Ave (8 min walk)
Streets to watch near 950 W Granville
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6100 N Winthrop Ave alone took 841 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning6,592 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 6100 N Winthrop Ave — 841 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 6000 N Kenmore Ave — 721 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 6300 N Winthrop Ave — 719 tickets, 6 min walk NW
Permit zones3,740 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 6400 N Magnolia Ave — 1,124 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 6300 N Lakewood Ave — 626 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 1000 W Loyola Ave — 556 tickets, 10 min walk N
Posted restrictions5,185 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 6200 N Kenmore Ave — 1,014 tickets, 2 min walk NW
- 1000 W Rosemont Ave — 906 tickets, 4 min walk NW
- 5800 N Winthrop Ave — 852 tickets, 9 min walk S
Metered blocks15,136 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1000 W Granville Ave — 3,074 tickets, 1 min walk W
- 1100 W Granville Ave — 2,443 tickets, 4 min walk W
- 1100 W Thorndale Ave — 1,512 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6151 N Sheridan Rd — speed camera, 1 min walk S
- 1209 W Devon Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NW
- 6404 N Sheridan Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk NW
- 5857 N Broadway — speed camera, 10 min walk SW
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 4 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.