Chicago parking by block · Washington Park · Ward 3

Parking at 5150 S Indiana Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 S Indiana Ave. Everything here is from City records — 11,065 parking tickets written across 83 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

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 15. 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 Indiana 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 cleaning4,272 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, 3 min walk E
5400 S Michigan Ave — 312 tickets, 6 min walk S

Plate checks5,938 tickets

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

5300 S Michigan Ave — 355 tickets, 4 min walk S
5500 S Wabash Ave — 327 tickets, 9 min walk S
5400 S Prairie Ave — 317 tickets, 8 min walk S

Metered blocks46 tickets

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

100 E 53rd St — 46 tickets, 3 min walk S

Other enforcement562 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

500 E 51st St — 427 tickets, 9 min walk E
300 E 51st St — 135 tickets, 4 min walk NE

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 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.