Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 50 E 90th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 E 90th St. Everything here is from City records — 5,355 parking tickets written across 84 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
31 W 87th St (9 min walk) · 8646 S Lafayette Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 18. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 50 E 90th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9100 S Princeton Ave alone took 155 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning425 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,218 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks76 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks2,555 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions407 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Other enforcement143 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 31 W 87th St — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
  • 8646 S Lafayette Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW

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 2 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.
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 6, section 18. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.