Chicago parking by block · Bridgeport · Ward 11

Parking at 450 W 32nd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 400–499 W 32nd St. Everything here is from City records — 30,241 parking tickets written across 116 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 13

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 11, section 3. 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 450 W 32nd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 S Wallace St alone took 284 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,341 tickets

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

3200 S Wallace St — 284 tickets, 5 min walk W
3000 S Princeton Ave — 269 tickets, 5 min walk NE
3000 S Wells St — 228 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Permit zones7,157 tickets

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

3200 S Wells St — 517 tickets, 5 min walk E
3100 S Emerald Ave — 486 tickets, 8 min walk W
3200 S Emerald Ave — 410 tickets, 8 min walk W

Plate checks3,639 tickets

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

3300 S Union Ave — 387 tickets, 8 min walk SW
3200 S Princeton Ave — 353 tickets, 3 min walk E
3100 S Shields Ave — 312 tickets, 2 min walk NE

Posted restrictions368 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

2900 S Wentworth Ave — 209 tickets, 8 min walk NE
600 W 29th St — 159 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Metered blocks13,042 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

3200 S Halsted St — 5,242 tickets, 10 min walk W
3300 S Halsted St — 3,127 tickets, 10 min walk W
500 W 31st St — 1,015 tickets, 5 min walk NW

Other enforcement450 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 S Wallace St — 322 tickets, 8 min walk SW
2800 S Wentworth Ave — 128 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 11, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.