Parking at 50 N Desplaines St
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50 N Desplaines St

Ward 34, cleaning section 2 · 238,342 parking tickets were written across 167 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
Then Tuesday, September 15 · Tuesday, October 6 · Wednesday, October 7 · Thursday, October 29. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
6
14 N Halsted St (4 min walk) · 3 S Halsted St (4 min walk) · 147 S Desplaines St (5 min walk) +3 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 100 S Morgan St alone took 240 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning240 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 100 S Morgan St — 240, 10 min walk SW
Permit zones5,666 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 100 S Peoria St — 1,369, 7 min walk SW
  • 700 W Quincy St — 830, 7 min walk S
  • 500 W Van Buren St — 762, 10 min walk S
  • 300 S Green St — 666, 10 min walk SW
  • 400 N Green St — 560, 10 min walk NW
Plate checks2,346 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 300 N Clinton St — 1,192, 7 min walk NE
  • 200 S Peoria St — 452, 9 min walk SW
  • 200 S Sangamon St — 317, 10 min walk SW
  • 600 W Fulton Market — 119, 5 min walk N
  • 800 W Kinzie St — 114, 9 min walk NW
Posted restrictions8,282 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 500 W Madison St — 2,897, 3 min walk SE
  • 300 N Green St — 1,236, 8 min walk NW
  • 900 W Adams St — 792, 9 min walk SW
  • 300 S Halsted St — 456, 10 min walk S
  • 800 W Adams St — 422, 8 min walk SW
Metered blocks219,898 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 900 W Randolph St — 19,549, 6 min walk W
  • 1000 W Randolph St — 11,774, 10 min walk W
  • 100 N Sangamon St — 6,828, 7 min walk W
  • 800 W Washington Blvd — 6,511, 4 min walk W
  • 100 N Green St — 6,393, 4 min walk W

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, section 2. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, September 14.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
6 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.