Chicago parking by block · Washington Park · Ward 20

Parking at 5150 S Ellsworth

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 S Ellsworth. Everything here is from City records — 14,464 parking tickets written across 87 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

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 20, section 14. 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 5150 S Ellsworth

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 400 E 48th St alone took 574 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,533 tickets

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

400 E 48th St — 574 tickets, 8 min walk N
4800 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 403 tickets, 7 min walk N
5100 S Calumet Ave — 400 tickets, 3 min walk W

Plate checks6,812 tickets

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

600 E 50th Pl — 598 tickets, 6 min walk NE
5300 S Michigan Ave — 355 tickets, 9 min walk SW
5400 S Prairie Ave — 317 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,302 tickets

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

5000 S Forrestville Ave — 898 tickets, 5 min walk NE
5000 S Champlain Ave — 356 tickets, 6 min walk NE
5300 S Payne Dr — 48 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Metered blocks46 tickets

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

100 E 53rd St — 46 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Other enforcement631 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

500 E 51st St — 427 tickets, 3 min walk NE
300 E 51st St — 135 tickets, 3 min walk NW
5100 S Cottage Grove Ave — 69 tickets, 9 min walk E

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 20, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.