Parking at 450 W 45th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 400–499 W 45th St. Everything here is from City records — 8,458 parking tickets written across 85 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 15, section 1. 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 450 W 45th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 600 W 48th Pl alone took 273 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 600 W 48th Pl — 273 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 500 W 44th St — 227 tickets, 3 min walk NW
- 4600 S Union Ave — 226 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 300 W Swann St — 61 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 100 W Swann St — 42 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 100 W 46th Pl — 41 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 700 W 48th Pl — 342 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 300 W 42nd Pl — 333 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 4600 S Emerald Ave — 311 tickets, 7 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 614 W 47th Street — speed camera, 5 min walk SW
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 15, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.