Chicago parking by block · Fuller Park · Ward 20

Parking at 250 W 51st St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 W 51st St. Everything here is from City records — 2,869 parking tickets written across 38 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

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 20, section 7. 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 250 W 51st St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5100 S Wabash Ave alone took 203 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning369 tickets

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

5100 S Wabash Ave — 203 tickets, 8 min walk E
0 E 53rd St — 84 tickets, 9 min walk SE
4700 S Shields Ave — 82 tickets, 9 min walk N

Plate checks2,069 tickets

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

5000 S Michigan Ave — 260 tickets, 9 min walk E
5100 S Michigan Ave — 235 tickets, 9 min walk E
4900 S Michigan Ave — 215 tickets, 10 min walk NE

Posted restrictions91 tickets

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

4700 S Federal — 91 tickets, 9 min walk N

Other enforcement52 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4800 S State St — 52 tickets, 9 min walk NE

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 20, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.