Parking at 10250 S Forest Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 10200–10299 S Forest Ave. Everything here is from City records — 5,501 parking tickets written across 105 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 9, section 7. 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 Forest Ave
city sticker checks is the thing to watch around here: 10200 S St Lawrence Ave alone took 54 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 10200 S St Lawrence Ave — 54 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 0 E 101st St — 134 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 10500 S Indiana Ave — 122 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 10300 S Calumet Ave — 113 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 10300 S Michigan — 58 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 500 E 103rd St — 57 tickets, 8 min walk E
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- 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 9, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.