Parking at 5150 S Ada St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 S Ada St. Everything here is from City records — 13,763 parking tickets written across 120 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 20, section 3. 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 5150 S Ada St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 S Bishop St alone took 177 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 5400 S Bishop St — 177 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 5300 S Marshfield Ave — 119 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 5000 S Morgan St — 90 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 4900 S Laflin St — 117 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 5300 S Laflin St — 93 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 5300 S May St — 56 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 4800 S Justine St — 363 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 5400 S May St — 358 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4800 S Elizabeth St — 329 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 1400 W Garfield Blvd — 125 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 900 W 51st St — 114 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 4800 S Ashland Ave — 2,523 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 5100 S Racine Ave — 123 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 1100 W 51st St — 66 tickets, 5 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1334 W Garfield Blvd — speed camera, 9 min walk S
- 1315 W Garfield Blvd — speed camera, 10 min walk S
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 20, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.