Parking at 1250 W Cortez St
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Parking at this address

1250 W Cortez St

Ward 27, cleaning section 9 · 45,752 parking tickets were written across 112 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
Then Thursday, September 17 · Thursday, October 15 · Friday, October 16 · Friday, November 13. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
3
1444 W Division St (7 min walk) · 1455 W Division St (7 min walk) · 1173 N Ashland Ave (9 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 N Cleaver St alone took 515 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning926 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1300 N Cleaver St — 515, 9 min walk NW
  • 1500 W Walton St — 411, 8 min walk W
Permit zones10,330 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1200 N Greenview Ave — 1,017, 8 min walk NW
  • 1500 W Thomas St — 952, 8 min walk W
  • 1400 W Cortez St — 890, 5 min walk W
  • 1500 W Chestnut St — 740, 9 min walk SW
  • 1500 W Haddon Ave — 706, 8 min walk W
Plate checks8,817 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1200 N Bosworth Ave — 602, 9 min walk NW
  • 700 N Noble St — 464, 8 min walk SW
  • 800 N Noble St — 441, 7 min walk SW
  • 1300 N Noble St — 373, 9 min walk NW
  • 1300 W Huron St — 370, 9 min walk S
Posted restrictions487 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1400 N Magnolia — 183, 9 min walk N
  • 1100 N Cleaver St — 180, 6 min walk NW
  • 1300 N Elston — 83, 8 min walk N
  • 700 N Racine Ave — 41, 9 min walk S
Metered blocks24,143 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1100 N Ashland Ave — 4,506, 9 min walk W
  • 1000 N Ashland Ave — 3,242, 9 min walk W
  • 1400 W Chicago Ave — 2,065, 8 min walk SW
  • 800 N Ashland Ave — 2,060, 10 min walk SW
  • 1200 N Ashland Avenue — 1,881, 10 min walk NW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 27, section 9. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr23Thu
Apr24Fri
May21Thu
May22Fri
Jun22Mon
Jun23Tue
Jul21Tue
Jul22Wed
Aug18Tue
Aug19Wed
Sep16Wed
Sep17Thu
Oct15Thu
Oct16Fri
Nov13Fri
Nov16Mon

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, September 16.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
3 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.