Chicago parking by block · New City · Ward 11

Parking at 1450 W 43rd

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1400–1499 W 43rd. Everything here is from City records — 10,286 parking tickets written across 41 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 1450 W 43rd

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4400 S Wood St alone took 463 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,549 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

4400 S Wood St — 463 tickets, 10 min walk SW
4300 S Wood St — 363 tickets, 9 min walk W
4500 S Paulina St — 329 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Permit zones309 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

4400 S Hermitage Ave — 309 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Plate checks161 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

1800 W 43rd St — 91 tickets, 10 min walk W
1500 W 44th St — 70 tickets, 4 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,513 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

1400 W 44th St — 439 tickets, 2 min walk S
1700 W 44th St — 343 tickets, 7 min walk W
1600 W 45th St — 268 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Metered blocks3,553 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

4600 S Ashland Ave — 2,220 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1600 W 46th St — 678 tickets, 9 min walk SW
4500 S Ashland Ave — 655 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Other enforcement63 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1300 W 44th St — 63 tickets, 3 min walk SE

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 11, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.