Parking at 5050 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr. Everything here is from City records — 18,742 parking tickets written across 101 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 14. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 5050 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 400 E 48th St alone took 574 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 400 E 48th St — 574 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 4700 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 461 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 4800 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 403 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 600 E 50th Pl — 598 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 4700 S Michigan Ave — 318 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 500 E 50th Pl — 306 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 5000 S Forrestville Ave — 898 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 5000 S Champlain Ave — 356 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 200 E 47th St — 655 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 100 E 47th St — 588 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 300 E 47th St — 382 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 500 E 51st St — 427 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 300 E 51st St — 135 tickets, 2 min walk SW
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.
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 3, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.