Parking at 5050 S Kolmar
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 S Kolmar. Everything here is from City records — 16,392 parking tickets written across 114 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 14, section 1. 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 Kolmar
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 S Tripp Ave alone took 234 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 4900 S Tripp Ave — 234 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 4800 S Kilpatrick Ave — 98 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 5000 S Kenneth Ave — 68 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 4300 W 49th St — 528 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 5000 S Kildare Ave — 415 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 4700 S Kildare Ave — 392 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 5100 S Knox Ave — 178 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 4700 S Kenneth Ave — 595 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 4500 W 51st St — 558 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 4800 S Tripp Ave — 428 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 4200 W 48th St — 318 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 4200 W 49th St — 277 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 4300 W 50th St — 252 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 5100 S Archer Ave — 217 tickets, 7 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5356 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk SW
- 5207 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk SW
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.
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 14, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.