Parking at 5150 S Princeton Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 S Princeton Ave. Everything here is from City records — 1,568 parking tickets written across 32 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 20, section 7. 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 Princeton Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5100 S Wabash Ave alone took 203 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 5100 S Wabash Ave — 203 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 0 E 53rd St — 84 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 4700 S Shields Ave — 82 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 4900 S Princeton Ave — 149 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 5400 S Princeton Ave — 131 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 5300 S Princeton Ave — 126 tickets, 6 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 176 W Garfield Blvd — red-light 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 1 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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.