Chicago parking by block · Avalon Park · Ward 8

Parking at 1250 E 85th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 E 85th St. Everything here is from City records — 6,421 parking tickets written across 73 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 11

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1215 E 83RD ST (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 8, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 1250 E 85th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8700 S Harper Ave alone took 115 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning475 tickets

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

8700 S Harper Ave — 115 tickets, 8 min walk SE
8400 S Blackstone Ave — 81 tickets, 7 min walk NE
8200 S Dorchester Ave — 79 tickets, 8 min walk N

Permit zones316 tickets

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

8600 S Drexel Ave — 274 tickets, 10 min walk W
8300 S Blackstone Ave — 42 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Plate checks5,122 tickets

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

8300 S Ingleside Ave — 320 tickets, 10 min walk NW
8300 S Ellis Ave — 261 tickets, 9 min walk NW
1600 E 86th Pl — 258 tickets, 10 min walk E

Posted restrictions78 tickets

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

1000 E 83rd St — 78 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Metered blocks70 tickets

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

1500 E 87th St — 70 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1215 E 83RD ST — speed camera, 7 min walk N

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.

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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 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.