Parking at 50 W 16th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 W 16th St. Everything here is from City records — 118,181 parking tickets written across 100 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 2. 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 W 16th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 1200 S State St — 844 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 1900 S Wentworth Ave — 4,241 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 1300 S Michigan Ave — 2,351 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 100 E 18th St — 1,346 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 1500 S Wabash Ave — 1,716 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 1400 S State St — 1,110 tickets, 3 min walk NE
- 1500 S State St — 764 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 0 E 14th St — 1,032 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 2000 S Clark — 1,024 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 200 W Cullerton St — 734 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 1300 S Wabash Ave — 7,106 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 1400 S Wabash Ave — 6,181 tickets, 6 min walk NE
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1674 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.
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 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.