Chicago parking by block · Grand Boulevard · Ward 3

Parking at 5050 S Wabash Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 S Wabash Ave. Everything here is from City records — 11,153 parking tickets written across 79 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, September 22

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, section 13. 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 Wabash Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr alone took 403 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,718 tickets

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

4800 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 403 tickets, 10 min walk NE
5100 S Calumet Ave — 400 tickets, 8 min walk SE
4600 S Wabash Ave — 344 tickets, 10 min walk N

Plate checks4,493 tickets

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

5300 S Michigan Ave — 355 tickets, 8 min walk S
4700 S Michigan Ave — 318 tickets, 8 min walk N
5000 S Michigan Ave — 260 tickets, 2 min walk E

Posted restrictions156 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

4700 S Federal — 91 tickets, 8 min walk NW
4700 S State St — 65 tickets, 8 min walk N

Metered blocks1,289 tickets

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

200 E 47th St — 655 tickets, 10 min walk NE
100 E 47th St — 588 tickets, 9 min walk N
100 E 53rd St — 46 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Other enforcement263 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

300 E 51st St — 135 tickets, 7 min walk E
0 W 47th St — 76 tickets, 9 min walk N
4800 S State St — 52 tickets, 5 min walk N

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 3, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.