Parking at 50 E 40th
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 E 40th. Everything here is from City records — 13,840 parking tickets written across 98 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 10. 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 50 E 40th
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 S Michigan Ave alone took 819 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 4200 S Michigan Ave — 819 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 3600 S Indiana Ave — 617 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 3900 S Indiana Ave — 488 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 4200 S Prairie Ave — 455 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4000 S Indiana Ave — 447 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 4200 S Calumet Ave — 324 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 3800 S Princeton Ave — 322 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 3700 S Princeton Ave — 302 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 100 E 42nd St — 220 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 4200 S State St — 211 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 3700 S State — 102 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 3800 S Prairie Ave — 59 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 3600 S State St — 479 tickets, 8 min walk N
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.
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 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.