Parking at 350 E 54th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 300–399 E 54th St. Everything here is from City records — 9,403 parking tickets written across 76 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 16. 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 350 E 54th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5100 S Calumet Ave alone took 400 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 5100 S Calumet Ave — 400 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 5400 S Michigan Ave — 312 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 5100 S Wabash Ave — 203 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 5600 S Michigan Ave — 548 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 5300 S Michigan Ave — 355 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 5500 S Wabash Ave — 327 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 5300 S Payne Dr — 48 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 5500 S Payne Dr — 42 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 100 E 53rd St — 46 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 500 E 51st St — 427 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 300 E 51st St — 135 tickets, 8 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 536 E Morgan Dr — speed camera, 7 min walk SE
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 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.
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 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.