Chicago parking by block · Lower West Side · Ward 25

Parking at 1650 S Sangamon

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 S Sangamon. Everything here is from City records — 60,109 parking tickets written across 153 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 25, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
28
Fri
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 1650 S Sangamon

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 W 18th St alone took 1,339 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,759 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones19,821 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks16,753 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,015 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks12,963 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement430 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

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 25, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.