Chicago parking by block · New City · Ward 16

Parking at 5250 S Marshfield Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 S Marshfield Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,040 parking tickets written across 128 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, November 10
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
1334 W Garfield Blvd (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 16, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 5250 S Marshfield Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1900 W 51st St alone took 269 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,910 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones278 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks210 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks7,524 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,040 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks2,523 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1334 W Garfield Blvdspeed camera, 10 min walk SE

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.
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 16, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.