Parking at 11550 S Racine Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 11500–11599 S Racine Ave. Everything here is from City records — 4,244 parking tickets written across 87 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 21, section 8. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 11550 S Racine Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 11500 S Aberdeen St alone took 70 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
- 11500 S Aberdeen St — 70 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 11600 S Elizabeth St — 55 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 11500 S Racine Ave — 52 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 11500 S Carpenter St — 208 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 1100 W 112th St — 194 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 1400 W 114th Pl — 130 tickets, 8 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- 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.
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 21, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.