Parking at 1550 W 117th
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 W 117th. Everything here is from City records — 3,096 parking tickets written across 71 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 21, section 9. 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 1550 W 117th
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 11600 S Elizabeth St alone took 55 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 11600 S Elizabeth St — 55 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 11500 S Racine Ave — 52 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 11500 S Loomis St — 51 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 12000 S Bishop St — 52 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 1400 W 114th Pl — 130 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 11700 S Justine St — 120 tickets, 2 min walk S
- 11700 S Throop St — 106 tickets, 6 min walk E
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 21, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.