A single traffic camera has raked in £900,000 in just 18 months, with motorists complaining it's concealed and politicians saying the amount was "shameful".
The camera installed in Canonbury Place is part of Islington council's low-traffic neighbourhood.
Critics have slammed the fines issued during a cost of living crisis as one resident, Tony Bodger, was hit with a £130 fine.
He claims he had no clue the camera was there due to wide planters and high signs near the device.
He told Private Eye: "I had no idea it was there; the setting of the planters was so wide and the signage so high. I thought it would be interesting to know how much money was made from this camera so I asked via Freedom of Information request."
The council wrote back to inform Mr Bodger of the total.
Rakhia Ismail, president of Islington Conservatives, told the Sun : “To make that amount of money from just one camera, especially in the middle of a cost of living crisis, is really shameful.
"They are picking the pockets of vulnerable residents who are already struggling.
"They are just interested in the money, not how it affects local people.”
Islington's transport spokesman Rowena Champion said: “We’re committed to creating a cleaner, greener, healthier borough, where it is easier for everyone to travel.
“We work hard to make sure signage is adequate, unambiguous and compliant with regulations, to provide advance warning for drivers.
“Through the people-friendly streets programme, the council is making it easier for the 70 per cent of households that do not own a car to walk, cycle, scoot and use buggies and wheelchairs.”
Earlier this month, Lambeth Council in South London was accused of an "abuse of power" after fining 183,000 drivers for entering a low-traffic neighbourhood and making £22 million in a year.
The introduction of traffic reduction measures in the capital has sparked fierce debate, with environmentalists and some politicians insisting they are necessary but residents regularly falling foul of what they see as draconian measures.
In November, the Mirror reported how George and Vera Dowler had to pay £12.50 every time they turned out of their driveway due to the unfortunate position of their home on the edge of south east London's low emission zone.
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said bold action taken since being elected has already led to a 94% reduction in the number of Londoners living in areas that exceed the legal limit for nitrogen dioxide and that 87%t of cars travelling in the expanded zone already meet the standards.
Vera called their situation "disgusting".
George added: "It's all about money. [If] people are prepared to still use their old vehicles, the air would be exactly the same, so it's all about money.
"What is the difference between the air here and the air the other side of the traffic lights?
"Also, I've been brought up around lorries and fumes, like thousands of other people. I'm 72 years of age, still fit as a fiddle. Surely it's not the air, surely it's the food that people eat. I just don't get it all.
"I've got a perfectly good van that if they want to use it on the other side of that roundabout. There's another 10 years left in it and they can use it, and I can't."
