Parking at 150 W 51st
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 100–199 W 51st. Everything here is from City records — 5,797 parking tickets written across 59 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 20, section 7. 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 150 W 51st
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 S Michigan Ave alone took 292 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 4800 S Michigan Ave — 292 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 5100 S Wabash Ave — 203 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 5100 S Prairie Ave — 200 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 5300 S Michigan Ave — 355 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5000 S Michigan Ave — 260 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 5100 S Indiana Ave — 259 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 4700 S Federal — 91 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 4700 S State St — 65 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 100 E 53rd St — 46 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4800 S State St — 52 tickets, 7 min walk N
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 20, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.