Chicago parking by address · Loop · Ward 4

Parking at 50 W Polk St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 W Polk St. Everything here is from City records — 146,948 parking tickets written across 136 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
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 14. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Aug
4
Tue
Aug
5
Wed
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
17
Thu
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 50 W Polk St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,003 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1200 S State St — 844 tickets, 8 min walk S
  • 1000 S Wells St — 159 tickets, 6 min walk SW
Permit zones6,642 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285 tickets, 4 min walk W
  • 800 S Wells St — 1,269 tickets, 5 min walk W
  • 700 S Wells St — 1,034 tickets, 4 min walk W
Plate checks1,848 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 400 S Plymouth Ct — 585 tickets, 6 min walk N
  • 1100 S Wells St — 525 tickets, 7 min walk SW
  • 400 S La Salle St — 251 tickets, 6 min walk NW
Posted restrictions21,072 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 500 S Clark St — 2,757 tickets, 4 min walk N
  • 1100 S Wabash Ave — 2,432 tickets, 7 min walk SE
  • 500 S State St — 1,502 tickets, 4 min walk NE
Metered blocks114,789 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 0 E 9th St — 6,004 tickets, 5 min walk SE
  • 0 E 11th St — 5,892 tickets, 5 min walk SE
  • 0 E 13th St — 5,743 tickets, 10 min walk S
Other enforcement1,116 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 400 S Dearborn St — 686 tickets, 5 min walk N
  • 200 S Dearborn St — 184 tickets, 9 min walk N
  • 0 E Roosevelt Rd — 177 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 630 S State St — speed camera, 3 min walk NE
  • 629 S State St — speed camera, 3 min walk NE
  • 385 Michigan Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk NE
  • 73 E Jackson Blvd — red-light camera, 10 min walk NE
  • 311 S Michigan Ave — red-light camera, 10 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 5 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 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.