Chicago parking by block · Lower West Side · Ward 25

Parking at 1750 S Dan Ryan 18th

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1700–1799 S Dan Ryan 18th. Everything here is from City records — 33,729 parking tickets written across 123 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 6

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 25, section 11. 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 1750 S Dan Ryan 18th

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 W 18th St alone took 1,339 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,213 tickets

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

1000 W 18th St — 1,339 tickets, 8 min walk W
1400 S Halsted St — 556 tickets, 7 min walk NW
1000 W 16th St — 486 tickets, 8 min walk W

Permit zones10,665 tickets

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

900 W 18th Pl — 2,346 tickets, 5 min walk W
700 W 17th St — 989 tickets, 2 min walk NW
1700 S Carpenter St — 802 tickets, 10 min walk W

Plate checks9,995 tickets

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

900 W 19th St — 700 tickets, 7 min walk W
900 W Cullerton St — 649 tickets, 9 min walk SW
900 W 21st St — 561 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Posted restrictions588 tickets

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

700 W Maxwell — 588 tickets, 9 min walk N

Metered blocks5,851 tickets

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

1300 S Halsted St — 3,079 tickets, 8 min walk N
2100 S Canalport Ave — 1,705 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1300 S Clinton St — 416 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Other enforcement57 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2100 S Emerald Ave — 57 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 25, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.