Parking at 250 S Racine Ave
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250 S Racine Ave

Ward 27, cleaning section 7 · 111,676 parking tickets were written across 151 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
Then Thursday, October 8 · Friday, October 9 · Friday, November 6 · Monday, November 9. 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?
2
1341 W Jackson Blvd (4 min walk) · 812 S Racine Ave (9 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 700 S Loomis St alone took 737 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,840 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 700 S Loomis St — 737, 8 min walk SW
  • 900 W Van Buren St — 596, 8 min walk E
  • 300 S Peoria St — 492, 8 min walk E
  • 1100 W Van Buren St — 454, 2 min walk S
  • 300 S Sangamon St — 363, 7 min walk E
Permit zones29,353 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1500 W Monroe St — 1,816, 10 min walk W
  • 0 N Aberdeen St — 1,375, 7 min walk NE
  • 100 S Peoria St — 1,369, 8 min walk E
  • 1000 W Vernon Park Pl — 1,281, 7 min walk SE
  • 1400 W Monroe St — 1,184, 7 min walk NW
Plate checks10,013 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 100 N Ada St — 748, 10 min walk N
  • 1000 W Van Buren St — 727, 5 min walk E
  • 800 W Van Buren St — 557, 10 min walk E
  • 1100 W Monroe St — 531, 3 min walk N
  • 1000 W Adams St — 522, 4 min walk NE
Posted restrictions2,715 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
  • 900 W Adams St — 792, 7 min walk E
  • 800 W Adams St — 422, 9 min walk E
  • 1300 W Adams St — 341, 4 min walk W
  • 1500 W Congress Pkwy — 216, 9 min walk SW
  • 1000 W Tilden St — 210, 5 min walk SE
Metered blocks65,202 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1000 W Randolph St — 11,774, 10 min walk N
  • 100 N Aberdeen St — 5,501, 10 min walk N
  • 900 W Washington Blvd — 4,546, 9 min walk NE
  • 1000 W Madison St — 3,900, 6 min walk NE
  • 1000 W Washington Blvd — 3,433, 8 min walk NE

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 27, section 7. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr17Fri
Apr20Mon
May15Fri
May18Mon
Jun15Mon
Jun16Tue
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Aug12Wed
Aug13Thu
Sep10Thu
Sep11Fri
Oct8Thu
Oct9Fri
Nov6Fri
Nov9Mon

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, September 11.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
2 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.