Parking at 1850 W 56th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 W 56th St. Everything here is from City records — 10,394 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 15, section 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 1850 W 56th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 S Wolcott Ave alone took 273 tickets in three years, a 1 min walk away.
- 5600 S Wolcott Ave — 273 tickets, 1 min walk SW
- 5600 S Winchester Ave — 200 tickets, 2 min walk SW
- 5400 S Wood St — 174 tickets, 4 min walk NE
- 2100 W Garfield Blvd — 61 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 5700 S Marshfield Ave — 193 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 5500 S Wood St — 186 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 5300 S Wood St — 185 tickets, 7 min walk N
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.
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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.