Parking at 1050 S Michigan Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1000–1099 S Michigan Ave. Everything here is from City records — 137,220 parking tickets written across 121 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?
2
629 S State St (7 min walk) · 630 S State St (7 min walk)
Streets to watch near 1050 S Michigan Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,003 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1200 S State St — 844 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 1000 S Wells St — 159 tickets, 10 min walk W
Permit zones9,165 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1300 S Michigan Ave — 2,351 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 1400 S Indiana Ave — 1,097 tickets, 9 min walk S
Plate checks1,503 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1300 S State St — 733 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 1100 S Wells St — 525 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 100 W Roosevelt Rd — 81 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Posted restrictions12,213 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 1100 S Wabash Ave — 2,432 tickets, 2 min walk SW
- 500 S State St — 1,502 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 700 S Plymouth Ct — 1,158 tickets, 7 min walk NW
Metered blocks112,559 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 1300 S Wabash Ave — 7,106 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 1400 S Wabash Ave — 6,181 tickets, 9 min walk S
Other enforcement246 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 0 E Roosevelt Rd — 177 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 600 S Michigan — 69 tickets, 6 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 629 S State St — speed camera, 7 min walk NW
- 630 S State St — speed camera, 7 min walk NW
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 2 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.