Chicago parking by block · Garfield Ridge · Ward 23

Parking at 5050 S Cicero

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 S Cicero. Everything here is from City records — 7,804 parking tickets written across 105 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?
4
5356 S Archer Ave (3 min walk) · 5207 S Cicero Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 23, 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
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue

Streets to watch near 5050 S Cicero

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 S Laporte Ave alone took 111 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning972 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,620 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks225 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks3,866 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions215 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks57 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5356 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk S
  • 5207 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk S
  • 4750 W 47th St — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
  • 4644 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk N

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 4 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 23, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.