Chicago parking by block · Loop · Ward 4

Parking at 50 W Harrison St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 W Harrison St. Everything here is from City records — 181,524 parking tickets written across 154 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

630 S State St (3 min walk) · 629 S State St (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 4, section 15. 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 Harrison St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 S Wells St alone took 159 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning159 tickets

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

1000 S Wells St — 159 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Permit zones6,412 tickets

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

800 S Financial Pl — 1,285 tickets, 5 min walk SW
800 S Wells St — 1,269 tickets, 6 min walk SW
700 S Wells St — 1,034 tickets, 4 min walk SW

Plate checks1,802 tickets

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

400 S Plymouth Ct — 585 tickets, 3 min walk NE
1100 S Wells St — 525 tickets, 9 min walk S
400 S La Salle St — 251 tickets, 3 min walk NW

Posted restrictions29,680 tickets

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

0 E Adams St — 3,471 tickets, 9 min walk NE
500 S Clark St — 2,757 tickets, 1 min walk NW
0 S State St — 2,689 tickets, 9 min walk N

Metered blocks140,470 tickets

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

100 S Wabash Ave — 6,176 tickets, 9 min walk NE
0 E 9th St — 6,004 tickets, 8 min walk SE
0 E 11th St — 5,892 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Other enforcement2,560 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

100 W Adams St — 713 tickets, 7 min walk NW
400 S Dearborn St — 686 tickets, 3 min walk NE
400 W Jackson Blvd — 487 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

630 S State St — speed camera, 3 min walk E
629 S State St — speed camera, 3 min walk E
385 Michigan Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk NE
73 E Jackson Blvd — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
311 S Michigan Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
200 S Michigan Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk NE

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 6 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 4, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.