Chicago parking by block · Near South Side · Ward 3

Parking at 50 W Cermak Rd

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 W Cermak Rd. Everything here is from City records — 208,820 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 6

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 2. 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 W Cermak Rd

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2300 S Indiana alone took 350 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning538 tickets

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

2300 S Indiana — 350 tickets, 7 min walk SE
2400 S Princeton Ave — 97 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2400 S Indiana — 91 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Permit zones25,849 tickets

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

1900 S Wentworth Ave — 4,241 tickets, 6 min walk NW
100 E 23rd St — 3,497 tickets, 6 min walk SE
0 E 23rd St — 3,119 tickets, 4 min walk SE

Plate checks5,441 tickets

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

200 W 24th St — 1,095 tickets, 8 min walk SW
300 W 23rd St — 617 tickets, 9 min walk W
2500 S Wabash Ave — 562 tickets, 9 min walk S

Posted restrictions21,506 tickets

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

2200 S Michigan Ave — 16,163 tickets, 4 min walk E
2200 S Indiana — 1,178 tickets, 6 min walk E
2000 S Clark — 1,024 tickets, 4 min walk NW

Metered blocks155,094 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

2100 S Archer Ave — 36,921 tickets, 6 min walk W
2100 S China Pl — 11,759 tickets, 7 min walk W
2100 S Princeton Ave — 5,664 tickets, 9 min walk W

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 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.