Chicago parking by block · Avalon Park · Ward 8

Parking at 1250 E 80th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 E 80th St. Everything here is from City records — 11,992 parking tickets written across 94 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, November 4
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
1215 E 83RD ST (7 min walk) · 7850 S Stony Island Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 8, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
5
Thu

Streets to watch near 1250 E 80th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Drexel Ave alone took 486 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,703 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones3,365 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks58 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks6,369 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions78 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks41 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1215 E 83RD STspeed camera, 7 min walk S
  • 7850 S Stony Island Avered-light camera, 9 min walk NE
  • 7901 S South Chicago Avered-light camera, 9 min walk E
  • 1608 E 79th Stred-light camera, 9 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 4 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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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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 8, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.