Chicago parking by block · New City · Ward 20

Parking at 5050 S Ada St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 S Ada St. Everything here is from City records — 17,863 parking tickets written across 124 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 20, 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 5050 S Ada St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5000 S Morgan St alone took 90 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning673 tickets

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

5000 S Morgan St — 90 tickets, 9 min walk E
5100 S Loomis Blvd — 89 tickets, 2 min walk SW
4800 S May St — 84 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Permit zones278 tickets

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

4800 S Marshfield Ave — 278 tickets, 9 min walk NW

City sticker checks266 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

4900 S Laflin St — 117 tickets, 4 min walk NW
5300 S Laflin St — 93 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5300 S May St — 56 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Plate checks8,995 tickets

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

4800 S Justine St — 363 tickets, 7 min walk NW
4800 S Elizabeth St — 329 tickets, 6 min walk NE
4700 S Ada St — 232 tickets, 8 min walk N

Posted restrictions114 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

900 W 51st St — 114 tickets, 10 min walk E

Metered blocks6,656 tickets

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

4700 S Ashland Ave — 3,570 tickets, 10 min walk NW
4800 S Ashland Ave — 2,523 tickets, 8 min walk NW
4700 S Laflin St — 388 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Other enforcement189 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

5100 S Racine Ave — 123 tickets, 4 min walk SE
1100 W 51st St — 66 tickets, 4 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.

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 20, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.