Chicago parking by block · Near South Side · Ward 4

Parking at 150 E 26th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 100–199 E 26th St. Everything here is from City records — 49,420 parking tickets written across 86 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 14

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 4, 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 150 E 26th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 S Indiana Ave alone took 588 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,847 tickets

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

2900 S Indiana Ave — 588 tickets, 7 min walk S
3000 S Indiana Ave — 542 tickets, 10 min walk S
2300 S Indiana — 350 tickets, 6 min walk N

Permit zones9,337 tickets

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

100 E 23rd St — 3,497 tickets, 8 min walk N
0 E 23rd St — 3,119 tickets, 8 min walk N
2300 S Wabash Ave — 881 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Plate checks9,465 tickets

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

2900 S Vernon Ave — 1,403 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2900 S State St — 1,030 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2800 S Vernon Ave — 570 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Posted restrictions18,481 tickets

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

2200 S Michigan Ave — 16,163 tickets, 10 min walk N
2200 S Indiana — 1,178 tickets, 9 min walk N
300 E 29th St — 342 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Metered blocks9,067 tickets

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

2300 S Michigan Ave — 3,141 tickets, 6 min walk N
2200 S Wabash Ave — 2,439 tickets, 9 min walk N
2300 S State St — 1,773 tickets, 8 min walk NW

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