Chicago parking by block · Near South Side · Ward 3

Parking at 1550 S Wabash Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 S Wabash Ave. Everything here is from City records — 129,210 parking tickets written across 109 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

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 3, section 1. 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 1550 S Wabash Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning844 tickets

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

1200 S State St — 844 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones25,041 tickets

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

1900 S Wentworth Ave — 4,241 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1300 S Michigan Ave — 2,351 tickets, 7 min walk N
100 E 21st St — 1,360 tickets, 9 min walk S

Plate checks4,635 tickets

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

1500 S Wabash Ave — 1,716 tickets, 1 min walk N
1400 S State St — 1,110 tickets, 3 min walk NW
1500 S State St — 764 tickets, 2 min walk W

Posted restrictions4,896 tickets

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

0 E 14th St — 1,032 tickets, 5 min walk N
2000 S Clark — 1,024 tickets, 9 min walk SW
200 W Cullerton St — 734 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Metered blocks93,290 tickets

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

1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 4 min walk NE
1300 S Wabash Ave — 7,106 tickets, 6 min walk N
1400 S Wabash Ave — 6,181 tickets, 4 min walk N

Other enforcement177 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

0 E Roosevelt Rd — 177 tickets, 10 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.

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 3, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.