Chicago parking by block · Lower West Side · Ward 25

Parking at 1850 S Wood St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 S Wood St. Everything here is from City records — 70,368 parking tickets written across 111 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?
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 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
15
Wed
Apr
16
Thu
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Sep
22
Tue
Sep
23
Wed
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 1850 S Wood St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 W 18th St alone took 1,266 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,544 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones12,569 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks11,059 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,410 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks34,678 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

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.