Chicago parking by block · Grand Boulevard · Ward 3

Parking at 50 E 42nd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 E 42nd St. Everything here is from City records — 15,757 parking tickets written across 101 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 14

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 3, section 10. 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 50 E 42nd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 S Michigan Ave alone took 819 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,556 tickets

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

4200 S Michigan Ave — 819 tickets, 2 min walk SE
3900 S Indiana Ave — 488 tickets, 7 min walk N
4100 S Indiana Ave — 461 tickets, 3 min walk E

Permit zones3,364 tickets

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

4300 S Prairie Ave — 1,124 tickets, 6 min walk SE
4300 S Calumet Ave — 547 tickets, 7 min walk SE
4200 S Prairie Ave — 455 tickets, 5 min walk E

Plate checks4,149 tickets

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

4400 S Calumet Ave — 292 tickets, 8 min walk SE
4400 S Michigan Ave — 266 tickets, 6 min walk S
4500 S Wabash Ave — 239 tickets, 8 min walk S

Posted restrictions270 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

4200 S State St — 211 tickets, 3 min walk SW
3800 S Prairie Ave — 59 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 3, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.