Chicago parking by block · Near West Side · Ward 25

Parking at 50 W South Water Market

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 W South Water Market. Everything here is from City records — 58,009 parking tickets written across 135 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
809 W Roosevelt Rd (9 min walk) · 732 W Roosevelt Rd (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 25, section 10. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
27
Mon
Apr
28
Tue
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Jul
31
Fri
Aug
3
Mon
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
5
Thu

Streets to watch near 50 W South Water Market

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 W 18th St alone took 1,339 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,345 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones20,061 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks11,788 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions588 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks16,441 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement471 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 809 W Roosevelt Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
  • 732 W Roosevelt Rd — red-light 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 2 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 25, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.