Chicago parking by block · Lower West Side · Ward 25

Parking at 1750 S Wolcott Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1700–1799 S Wolcott Ave. Everything here is from City records — 53,740 parking tickets written across 103 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, September 22

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 6. 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 Wolcott Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 W 18th St alone took 1,266 tickets in three years, a 1 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,910 tickets

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

1800 W 18th St — 1,266 tickets, 1 min walk S
2100 W 18th St — 1,257 tickets, 6 min walk W
2000 W 18th St — 1,178 tickets, 5 min walk W

Permit zones12,072 tickets

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

2000 W 21st St — 1,396 tickets, 8 min walk SW
2100 W 21st Pl — 1,112 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1700 W 17th St — 775 tickets, 4 min walk E

Plate checks9,908 tickets

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

1800 W 21st Pl — 844 tickets, 7 min walk S
1900 W 21st St — 693 tickets, 6 min walk S
1700 W 21st St — 658 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Posted restrictions2,393 tickets

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

1900 W Cullerton St — 606 tickets, 5 min walk SW
2100 S Hoyne Ave — 415 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1800 S Leavitt St — 332 tickets, 8 min walk W

Metered blocks21,263 tickets

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

1500 W 18th St — 5,905 tickets, 8 min walk E
1700 W 18th St — 4,125 tickets, 5 min walk E
1600 W 18th St — 3,840 tickets, 7 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.

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 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.