Chicago parking by block · Fuller Park · Ward 20
Parking at 250 W Swann St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 W Swann St. Everything here is from City records — 5,470 parking tickets written across 69 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 726
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
614 W 47th Street (9 min walk)
Streets to watch near 250 W Swann St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4600 S Wabash Ave alone took 344 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,838 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4600 S Wabash Ave — 344 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 0 E 46th St — 266 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 500 W 44th St — 227 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Permit zones144 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 300 W Swann St — 61 tickets, 1 min walk W
- 100 W Swann St — 42 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 100 W 46th Pl — 41 tickets, 4 min walk E
Plate checks2,668 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 600 W 46th St — 302 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 4500 S Wabash Ave — 239 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 4500 S Lowe Ave — 234 tickets, 10 min walk W
Posted restrictions268 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 4600 S Federal — 112 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 4700 S Federal — 91 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 4700 S State St — 65 tickets, 8 min walk E
Other enforcement128 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 0 W 47th St — 76 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 4800 S State St — 52 tickets, 9 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 614 W 47th Street — speed camera, 9 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 726 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.