Chicago parking by address · Near South Side · Ward 34

Parking at 1250 S Wabash Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 S Wabash Ave. Everything here is from City records — 110,983 parking tickets written across 103 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Jul
27
Mon
Jul
28
Tue
Aug
18
Tue
Aug
19
Wed
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 1250 S Wabash Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 2 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, 2 min walk W
  • 1000 S Wells St — 159 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Permit zones10,278 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1300 S Michigan Ave — 2,351 tickets, 3 min walk SE
  • 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285 tickets, 10 min walk NW
  • 1400 S Indiana Ave — 1,097 tickets, 6 min walk SE
Plate checks5,093 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1500 S Wabash Ave — 1,716 tickets, 9 min walk S
  • 1400 S State St — 1,110 tickets, 7 min walk S
  • 1500 S State St — 764 tickets, 8 min walk S
Posted restrictions8,507 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
  • 1100 S Wabash Ave — 2,432 tickets, 3 min walk N
  • 700 S Plymouth Ct — 1,158 tickets, 9 min walk N
  • 0 E 14th St — 1,032 tickets, 4 min walk S
Metered blocks85,472 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 5 min walk S
  • 1300 S Wabash Ave — 7,106 tickets, 2 min walk S
  • 1400 S Wabash Ave — 6,181 tickets, 5 min walk S
Other enforcement177 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 0 E Roosevelt Rd — 177 tickets, 2 min walk NE

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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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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 34, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.