Chicago parking by block · New City · Ward 16

Parking at 1850 W 51st St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 W 51st St. Everything here is from City records — 28,608 parking tickets written across 135 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, November 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 16, section 2. 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 1850 W 51st St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 S Damen Ave alone took 559 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,343 tickets

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

4700 S Damen Ave — 559 tickets, 10 min walk NW
4800 S Wood St — 553 tickets, 6 min walk N
4700 S Wolcott Ave — 550 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones526 tickets

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

4800 S Marshfield Ave — 278 tickets, 8 min walk NE
4800 S Hoyne Ave — 248 tickets, 9 min walk NW

City sticker checks117 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

4900 S Laflin St — 117 tickets, 9 min walk E

Plate checks6,599 tickets

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

4800 S Honore St — 389 tickets, 6 min walk N
4800 S Justine St — 363 tickets, 9 min walk NE
4800 S Paulina St — 293 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Posted restrictions4,042 tickets

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

4900 S Wood St — 557 tickets, 4 min walk N
4900 S Winchester Ave — 542 tickets, 5 min walk NW
4900 S Wolcott Ave — 538 tickets, 4 min walk NW

Metered blocks7,962 tickets

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

4800 S Ashland Ave — 2,523 tickets, 8 min walk NE
4700 S Paulina St — 2,412 tickets, 9 min walk N
4700 S Hermitage Ave — 972 tickets, 9 min walk N

Other enforcement685 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4800 S Damen Ave — 685 tickets, 8 min walk NW

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 16, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.