Chicago parking by block · Garfield Ridge · Ward 23

Parking at 5050 S La Crosse Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 S La Crosse Ave. Everything here is from City records — 7,483 parking tickets written across 103 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?

Zone 1483

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

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.

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Streets to watch near 5050 S La Crosse Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5100 S Laramie Ave alone took 112 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,116 tickets

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

5100 S Laramie Ave — 112 tickets, 9 min walk W
4800 S Laporte Ave — 111 tickets, 6 min walk NW
4700 S Laporte Ave — 109 tickets, 8 min walk N

Permit zones1,567 tickets

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

4700 S Keating Ave — 282 tickets, 8 min walk N
4800 S Knox Ave — 187 tickets, 7 min walk NE
5200 S Knox Ave — 183 tickets, 7 min walk SE

City sticker checks225 tickets

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

5100 S Knox Ave — 178 tickets, 6 min walk SE
5000 W 52nd St — 47 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Plate checks3,419 tickets

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

4500 W 51st St — 558 tickets, 8 min walk E
4700 S Knox Ave — 223 tickets, 9 min walk NE
4400 W 50th St — 170 tickets, 10 min walk E

Posted restrictions215 tickets

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

5400 S Archer Ave — 71 tickets, 4 min walk SW
5500 S Archer Ave — 59 tickets, 5 min walk SW
5200 S Archer Ave — 43 tickets, 8 min walk E

Metered blocks57 tickets

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

4700 W 47th St — 57 tickets, 9 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5356 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk SE
5207 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk SE
4750 W 47th St — red-light camera, 10 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.
Zone 1483 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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.