Parking at 10250 S Avenue M
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 10200–10299 S Avenue M. Everything here is from City records — 4,651 parking tickets written across 75 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 10, section 10. 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 10250 S Avenue M
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 10100 S Avenue L alone took 109 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
- 10100 S Avenue L — 109 tickets, 3 min walk NE
- 10100 S Avenue M — 108 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 10100 S Avenue J — 107 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 10500 S Avenue J — 223 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 10000 S Avenue M — 239 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 10000 S Avenue L — 141 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 10400 S Avenue N — 120 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 3600 E 106th St — 46 tickets, 9 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 10318 S Indianapolis Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk E
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 10, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.