Chicago parking by address · Near South Side · Ward 3

Parking at 2150 S Michigan Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2100–2199 S Michigan Ave. Everything here is from City records — 139,345 parking tickets written across 112 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 6
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 3, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed

Streets to watch near 2150 S Michigan Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2300 S Indiana alone took 350 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning441 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 2300 S Indiana — 350 tickets, 5 min walk S
  • 2400 S Indiana — 91 tickets, 6 min walk S
Permit zones26,154 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1900 S Wentworth Ave — 4,241 tickets, 9 min walk NW
  • 100 E 23rd St — 3,497 tickets, 3 min walk SE
  • 0 E 23rd St — 3,119 tickets, 3 min walk S
Plate checks3,044 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 2500 S Wabash Ave — 562 tickets, 10 min walk S
  • 0 W 24th St — 467 tickets, 7 min walk SW
  • 0 E 24th St — 465 tickets, 6 min walk SW
Posted restrictions21,678 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 2200 S Michigan Ave — 16,163 tickets, 1 min walk S
  • 2200 S Indiana — 1,178 tickets, 2 min walk SE
  • 2000 S Clark — 1,024 tickets, 7 min walk NW
Metered blocks87,720 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 2200 S Wentworth Ave — 5,027 tickets, 9 min walk W
  • 1600 S Michigan Ave — 5,023 tickets, 9 min walk N
  • 2300 S Wentworth Ave — 4,917 tickets, 10 min walk SW

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