Parking at 250 W 53rd St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 W 53rd St. Everything here is from City records — 2,712 parking tickets written across 46 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
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.
Streets to watch near 250 W 53rd St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5100 S Wabash Ave alone took 203 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 5100 S Wabash Ave — 203 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 5300 S Wabash Ave — 142 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 5500 S Shields Ave — 101 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 5500 S Princeton Ave — 238 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 5600 S Princeton Ave — 208 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 4900 S Princeton Ave — 149 tickets, 9 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 176 W Garfield Blvd — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
- 5523 S Wentworth Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk S
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 cameras nearby.
- 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 20, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.