Chicago parking by address · New City · Ward 15

Parking at 1850 W 47th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 W 47th St. Everything here is from City records — 47,740 parking tickets written across 109 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 252
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 15, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
Jun
3
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Jul
31
Fri
Aug
3
Mon
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 1850 W 47th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 S Damen Ave alone took 559 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,162 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 4700 S Damen Ave — 559 tickets, 3 min walk SW
  • 4800 S Wood St — 553 tickets, 4 min walk SE
  • 4700 S Wolcott Ave — 550 tickets, 2 min walk S
Permit zones3,210 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 4400 S Honore St — 460 tickets, 6 min walk N
  • 4700 S Seeley Ave — 457 tickets, 5 min walk W
  • 4600 S Honore St — 340 tickets, 1 min walk NE
Plate checks3,069 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 4800 S Honore St — 389 tickets, 4 min walk S
  • 4800 S Justine St — 363 tickets, 9 min walk SE
  • 4800 S Paulina St — 293 tickets, 6 min walk SE
Posted restrictions4,756 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 4900 S Wood St — 557 tickets, 7 min walk S
  • 4900 S Winchester Ave — 542 tickets, 7 min walk S
  • 4900 S Wolcott Ave — 538 tickets, 7 min walk S
Metered blocks25,686 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 4700 S Ashland Ave — 3,570 tickets, 7 min walk E
  • 4800 S Ashland Ave — 2,523 tickets, 8 min walk SE
  • 4700 S Paulina St — 2,412 tickets, 5 min walk E
Other enforcement840 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 4800 S Damen Ave — 685 tickets, 5 min walk SW
  • 1900 W 46th St — 155 tickets, 3 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 252 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 15, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.