Chicago parking by block · Gage Park · Ward 14

Parking at 2950 W 51st St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2900–2999 W 51st St. Everything here is from City records — 15,114 parking tickets written across 89 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

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 14, section 9. 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 2950 W 51st St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3000 W 54th St alone took 346 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,224 tickets

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

3000 W 54th St — 346 tickets, 8 min walk S
5000 S Rockwell St — 242 tickets, 8 min walk E
5000 S Maplewood Ave — 186 tickets, 10 min walk E

Permit zones5,408 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

3100 W 53rd St — 677 tickets, 9 min walk SW
3000 W 53rd St — 627 tickets, 6 min walk SW
5200 S Troy St — 472 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Plate checks4,353 tickets

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

5300 S Albany Ave — 297 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5200 S Albany Ave — 295 tickets, 6 min walk SW
5100 S Sacramento Ave — 244 tickets, 2 min walk SW

Posted restrictions2,107 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

5100 S Kedzie Ave — 513 tickets, 7 min walk W
5200 S Kedzie Ave — 325 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5300 S Kedzie Ave — 239 tickets, 9 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 14, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.