Chicago parking by block · Near South Side · Ward 3

Parking at 50 E 26th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 E 26th St. Everything here is from City records — 56,973 parking tickets written across 100 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1211
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
25
Tue
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri

Streets to watch near 50 E 26th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 S Indiana Ave alone took 588 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,538 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones9,337 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks8,667 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions19,066 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks15,989 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement128 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1211 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 3, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.