Parking at 11850 S Hale Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 11800–11899 S Hale Ave. Everything here is from City records — 930 parking tickets written across 27 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 19, section 11. 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 11850 S Hale Ave
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 11500 S Hale Ave alone took 104 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 11500 S Hale Ave — 104 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 11800 S Hale Ave — 58 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 11800 S Vincennes Ave — 105 tickets, 2 min walk E
- 11600 S Hale Ave — 72 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 11400 S Homewood Ave — 69 tickets, 10 min walk N
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 170 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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 19, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.