Chicago parking by address · Near South Side · Ward 3

Parking at 1850 S Michigan Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 S Michigan Ave. Everything here is from City records — 148,721 parking tickets written across 117 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?
Zone 1677
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed

Streets to watch near 1850 S Michigan Ave

permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 1900 S Wentworth Ave alone took 4,241 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Permit zones30,185 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1900 S Wentworth Ave — 4,241 tickets, 8 min walk W
  • 100 E 23rd St — 3,497 tickets, 8 min walk S
  • 0 E 23rd St — 3,119 tickets, 8 min walk S
Plate checks4,781 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1500 S Wabash Ave — 1,716 tickets, 5 min walk N
  • 1400 S State St — 1,110 tickets, 8 min walk NW
  • 1500 S State St — 764 tickets, 6 min walk NW
Posted restrictions22,162 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 2200 S Michigan Ave — 16,163 tickets, 6 min walk S
  • 2200 S Indiana — 1,178 tickets, 7 min walk S
  • 2000 S Clark — 1,024 tickets, 7 min walk W
Metered blocks91,254 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 9 min walk N
  • 1400 S Wabash Ave — 6,181 tickets, 9 min walk N
  • 1600 S Michigan Ave — 5,023 tickets, 3 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1677 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 3, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.