Parking at 1950 S May St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1900–1999 S May St. Everything here is from City records — 76,145 parking tickets written across 134 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 25, 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 1950 S May St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 W 18th St alone took 1,339 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
- 1000 W 18th St — 1,339 tickets, 4 min walk NE
- 1200 W 16th St — 639 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 1100 W Cullerton St — 619 tickets, 2 min walk SW
- 900 W 18th Pl — 2,346 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 1800 S Throop St — 1,515 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 1100 W 19th St — 1,455 tickets, 1 min walk NW
- 1200 W 19th St — 732 tickets, 4 min walk W
- 900 W 19th St — 700 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 1300 W 16th St — 653 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 1100 W Cermak Rd — 1,165 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 1400 W 17th St — 489 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 1900 S Allport St — 427 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 1800 S Blue Island Ave — 6,089 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 1300 W 18th St — 5,302 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 1100 W 18th St — 3,588 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 1500 S Blue Island Ave — 373 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 2100 S Emerald Ave — 57 tickets, 10 min walk SE
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 2392 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.
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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.