Chicago parking by block · New City · Ward 20

Parking at 5050 S Bishop St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 S Bishop St. Everything here is from City records — 20,174 parking tickets written across 125 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
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 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue

Streets to watch near 5050 S Bishop St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 S Hermitage Ave alone took 279 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,416 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones278 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks210 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks9,260 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,297 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks6,958 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement189 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

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 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.