Chicago parking by block · Near West Side · Ward 11

Parking at 1650 S Chicago River

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 S Chicago River. Everything here is from City records — 101,228 parking tickets written across 88 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

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 11, section 5. 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 1650 S Chicago River

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 S Jefferson St alone took 298 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,049 tickets

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

1700 S Jefferson St — 298 tickets, 8 min walk W
500 W Cullerton St — 177 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1900 S Jefferson St — 127 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Permit zones5,666 tickets

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

1900 S Wentworth Ave — 4,241 tickets, 6 min walk SE
0 W 16th St — 356 tickets, 6 min walk E
1900 S Federal St — 253 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Plate checks5,602 tickets

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

1500 S Wabash Ave — 1,716 tickets, 9 min walk E
1400 S State St — 1,110 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1500 S State St — 764 tickets, 8 min walk E

Posted restrictions2,859 tickets

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

2000 S Clark — 1,024 tickets, 7 min walk SE
200 W Cullerton St — 734 tickets, 6 min walk SE
1900 S Wells St — 461 tickets, 6 min walk S

Metered blocks85,686 tickets

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

2100 S Archer Ave — 36,921 tickets, 8 min walk S
2100 S China Pl — 11,759 tickets, 7 min walk S
2100 S Princeton Ave — 5,664 tickets, 7 min walk S

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 11, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.