Chicago parking by block · New City · Ward 20

Parking at 1550 W 47th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 W 47th St. Everything here is from City records — 46,340 parking tickets written across 122 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 20, 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 W 47th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 S Wood St alone took 553 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,738 tickets

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

4800 S Wood St — 553 tickets, 6 min walk SW
4700 S Wolcott Ave — 550 tickets, 8 min walk W
4400 S Wood St — 463 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Permit zones2,177 tickets

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

4400 S Honore St — 460 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4600 S Honore St — 340 tickets, 6 min walk W
4400 S Hermitage Ave — 309 tickets, 7 min walk NW

City sticker checks117 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

4900 S Laflin St — 117 tickets, 7 min walk S

Plate checks6,074 tickets

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

4800 S Honore St — 389 tickets, 7 min walk SW
4800 S Justine St — 363 tickets, 4 min walk S
4800 S Elizabeth St — 329 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Posted restrictions4,192 tickets

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

4900 S Wood St — 557 tickets, 8 min walk SW
4900 S Wolcott Ave — 538 tickets, 10 min walk SW
1400 W 44th St — 439 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Metered blocks25,686 tickets

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

4700 S Ashland Ave — 3,570 tickets, 2 min walk S
4800 S Ashland Ave — 2,523 tickets, 4 min walk S
4700 S Paulina St — 2,412 tickets, 3 min walk SW

Other enforcement218 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1900 W 46th St — 155 tickets, 9 min walk W
1300 W 44th St — 63 tickets, 9 min walk NE

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