Parking at 850 E 52nd St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 E 52nd St. Everything here is from City records — 22,801 parking tickets written across 95 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
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.
Streets to watch near 850 E 52nd St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5000 S Woodlawn Ave alone took 400 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 5000 S Woodlawn Ave — 400 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 5400 S Ingleside Ave — 389 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 5200 S Woodlawn Ave — 352 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 4800 S Drexel Blvd — 797 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 5200 S Drexel Ave — 787 tickets, 3 min walk SE
- 4900 S Drexel Blvd — 774 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 5000 S Forrestville Ave — 898 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 5000 S Champlain Ave — 356 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 5300 S Ingleside Ave — 303 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 1000 E 53rd St — 321 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 500 E 51st St — 427 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 5100 S Cottage Grove Ave — 69 tickets, 1 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5330 S Cottage Grove Ave — speed camera, 4 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 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.