Parking at 5050 W 44th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 W 44th St. Everything here is from City records — 2,808 parking tickets written across 50 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 22, section 13. 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 W 44th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4600 S Keating Ave alone took 166 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 4600 S Keating Ave — 166 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4500 S Laporte Ave — 119 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 4300 S Keating Ave — 118 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 4500 S Lavergne Ave — 152 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 4600 S Lawler Ave — 129 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 4500 S Lamon Ave — 116 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 4700 W 47th St — 57 tickets, 10 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4213 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
- 4174 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
- 4644 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SE
- 4750 W 47th St — red-light camera, 10 min walk SE
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 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.
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 22, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.