Parking at 850 W 52nd St
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Parking at this address

850 W 52nd St

Ward 20, cleaning section 4 · 6,463 parking tickets were written across 90 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 22
Then Wednesday, September 23. 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?
None
No speed or red-light camera within a 10-minute walk.

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 S Union Ave alone took 189 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning565 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 4800 S Union Ave — 189, 9 min walk NE
  • 5000 S Morgan St — 90, 5 min walk NW
  • 5500 S Morgan St — 70, 10 min walk S
  • 5100 S May St — 62, 7 min walk W
  • 5500 S Green St — 61, 9 min walk S
City sticker checks127 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 5400 S Carpenter St — 71, 8 min walk SW
  • 5300 S May St — 56, 8 min walk SW
Plate checks4,761 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5400 S May St — 358, 10 min walk SW
  • 700 W 50th Pl — 274, 5 min walk NE
  • 900 W 54th Pl — 244, 6 min walk S
  • 5200 S Carpenter St — 186, 5 min walk SW
  • 5500 S Emerald Ave — 185, 10 min walk S
Posted restrictions114 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
  • 900 W 51st St — 114, 3 min walk NW
Other enforcement189 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 5100 S Racine Ave — 123, 8 min walk W
  • 1100 W 51st St — 66, 8 min walk W

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 20, section 4. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr9Thu
Apr10Fri
Jun3Wed
Jun4Thu
Jul29Wed
Jul30Thu
Sep22Tue
Sep23Wed

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Tuesday, September 22.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
None nearby, but the app warns you anywhere in the city.
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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.