Parking at 50 W 31st
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 W 31st. Everything here is from City records — 16,811 parking tickets written across 99 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 4. 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 31st
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 S Indiana Ave alone took 588 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 2900 S Indiana Ave — 588 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 3000 S Indiana Ave — 542 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 200 E 29th St — 340 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 3200 S Wells St — 517 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 3100 S Wells St — 332 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 3100 S Princeton Ave — 297 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 2900 S State St — 1,030 tickets, 4 min walk NE
- 2900 S Federal St — 1,029 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 2700 S State St — 479 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 2900 S Wentworth Ave — 209 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 2700 S Indiana Ave — 143 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 100 E 28th Pl — 141 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 2600 S Wabash Ave — 713 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 200 W 31st St — 594 tickets, 4 min walk W
- 2800 S Wabash Ave — 140 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 2800 S Wentworth Ave — 128 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 200 E 31st St — 58 tickets, 9 min walk E
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 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.