Parking at 5050 S Washtenaw Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 S Washtenaw Ave. Everything here is from City records — 13,726 parking tickets written across 96 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 15, section 4. 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 Washtenaw Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 W 47th St alone took 296 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 2600 W 47th St — 296 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 5000 S Rockwell St — 242 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 2300 W 48th St — 238 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 2300 W 50th Pl — 431 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 5000 S Artesian Ave — 355 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 5200 S Sacramento Ave — 240 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 2400 W 48th St — 320 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 4700 S Campbell Ave — 274 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 5200 S Maplewood Ave — 244 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 2500 W 51st St — 169 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 2700 W 51st St — 160 tickets, 2 min walk W
- 5200 S Talman Ave — 139 tickets, 5 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2445 W 51st St — speed camera, 6 min walk E
- 2440 W 51st St — speed camera, 6 min walk E
- 5006 S Western Blvd — speed camera, 8 min walk E
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1926 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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 15, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.