Parking at 250 W Van Buren St
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Parking at this address

250 W Van Buren St

Ward 34, cleaning section 3 · 177,536 parking tickets were written across 176 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
Then Thursday, September 17 · Thursday, October 8 · Friday, October 9 · Monday, November 2. 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
216 S Jefferson St (8 min walk) · 630 S State St (9 min walk) · 629 S State St (9 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 800 S Financial Pl alone took 1,285 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Permit zones8,466 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285, 8 min walk S
  • 800 S Wells St — 1,269, 8 min walk S
  • 400 S Clinton St — 1,123, 6 min walk W
  • 700 S Wells St — 1,034, 6 min walk S
  • 600 S Wells St — 892, 4 min walk S
Plate checks1,244 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 400 S Plymouth Ct — 585, 7 min walk E
  • 400 S La Salle St — 251, 4 min walk E
  • 300 S State St — 211, 8 min walk E
  • 700 W Gladys Ave — 107, 10 min walk W
  • 400 S State St — 90, 8 min walk E
Posted restrictions35,442 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 0 N Clark St — 4,178, 9 min walk NE
  • 500 W Madison St — 2,897, 10 min walk NW
  • 500 S Clark St — 2,757, 5 min walk SE
  • 0 S State St — 2,689, 9 min walk NE
  • 0 N La Salle St — 2,325, 8 min walk N
Metered blocks128,063 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 0 W Monroe St — 5,156, 8 min walk NE
  • 200 S Wabash Ave — 5,054, 10 min walk E
  • 0 E Van Buren St — 4,658, 9 min walk E
  • 700 S Clark St — 4,134, 7 min walk SE
  • 300 S Dearborn St — 4,009, 6 min walk E
Other enforcement3,838 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 100 W Adams St — 713, 4 min walk NE
  • 400 S Dearborn St — 686, 6 min walk E
  • 400 W Jackson Blvd — 487, 3 min walk NW
  • 300 W Jackson Blvd — 337, 2 min walk NW
  • 0 S Clinton St — 289, 8 min walk NW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, section 3. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr7Tue
Apr8Wed
Apr29Wed
Apr30Thu
May21Thu
May22Fri
Jun15Mon
Jun16Tue
Jul9Thu
Jul10Fri
Jul31Fri
Aug3Mon
Aug24Mon
Aug25Tue
Sep16Wed
Sep17Thu
Oct8Thu
Oct9Fri
Nov2Mon
Nov3Tue

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.