Parking at 12250 S Carpenter St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 12200–12299 S Carpenter St. Everything here is from City records — 1,332 parking tickets written across 31 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 21, 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 12250 S Carpenter St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 12200 S Green St alone took 58 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 12200 S Green St — 58 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 12200 S Carpenter St — 55 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 12200 S Peoria St — 40 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 12200 S May St — 103 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 12300 S Union Ave — 94 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 12400 S Union Ave — 84 tickets, 10 min walk SE
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 21, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.