Parking at 1250 E 52nd St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 E 52nd St. Everything here is from City records — 84,276 parking tickets written across 121 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 4, section 1. 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 1250 E 52nd St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5000 S Woodlawn Ave alone took 400 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
- 5000 S Woodlawn Ave — 400 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 5400 S Ingleside Ave — 389 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 5100 S Kimbark Ave — 387 tickets, 1 min walk NE
- 1400 E 52nd St — 789 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 5200 S Drexel Ave — 787 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 5200 S Kenwood Ave — 696 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 5100 S Harper Ave — 728 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 5000 S Blackstone Ave — 642 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 5300 S Ingleside Ave — 303 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 1300 E 53rd St — 15,694 tickets, 3 min walk SE
- 1400 E 53rd St — 10,344 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 1500 E 53rd St — 4,870 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 5000 S Lake Park Ave — 107 tickets, 9 min walk E
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 4, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.