Chicago parking by block · West Elsdon · Ward 23

Parking at 5250 S Harding Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 S Harding Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,933 parking tickets written across 115 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 22
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 23
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
5428 S Pulaski S Rd (5 min walk) · 5433 S Pulaski Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 23, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Sep
22
Tue
Sep
23
Wed

Streets to watch near 5250 S Harding Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 W 51st St alone took 78 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning303 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones5,320 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,992 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,515 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks217 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5428 S Pulaski S Rd — speed camera, 5 min walk S
  • 5433 S Pulaski Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk S
  • 5030 S Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 6 min walk N
  • 5450 S Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 6 min walk S
  • 3946 W 55th St — red-light camera, 6 min walk S
  • 4989 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 23 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 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.
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 23, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.