Chicago parking by block · Avalon Park · Ward 8

Parking at 1250 E 81st

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 E 81st. Everything here is from City records — 16,267 parking tickets written across 102 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1215 E 83RD ST (5 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

Fri

Apr

Mon

Jun

Wed

Jun

Thu

Aug

Fri

Aug

Mon

Nov

Wed

Nov

Thu

Streets to watch near 1250 E 81st

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8100 S Drexel Ave alone took 553 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,532 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

8100 S Drexel Ave — 553 tickets, 8 min walk W
8000 S Drexel Ave — 486 tickets, 8 min walk W
8000 S Maryland Ave — 392 tickets, 10 min walk W

Permit zones3,407 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

8200 S Ellis Ave — 1,397 tickets, 7 min walk SW
7900 S Ellis Ave — 813 tickets, 7 min walk NW
7900 S Dobson Ave — 655 tickets, 6 min walk NW

City sticker checks58 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

8100 S Harper Ave — 58 tickets, 8 min walk E

Plate checks9,799 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

8100 S Ingleside Ave — 685 tickets, 7 min walk W
7900 S Drexel Ave — 624 tickets, 9 min walk NW
8200 S Ingleside Ave — 589 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Posted restrictions78 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

1000 E 83rd St — 78 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Metered blocks41 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

900 E 79th St — 41 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1215 E 83RD ST — speed camera, 5 min walk S

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.

The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.

Protect this address →Printable one-pager Check another address All Avalon Park blocks

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.