Chicago parking by block · North Lawndale · Ward 24

Parking at 1250 S St Louis Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 S St Louis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 17,615 parking tickets written across 118 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 2450

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

3314 W 16th St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 24, section 7. 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 S St Louis Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 W Arthington St alone took 311 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,993 tickets

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

3200 W Arthington St — 311 tickets, 10 min walk NE
3400 W Grenshaw St — 281 tickets, 4 min walk N
1300 S Christiana Ave — 255 tickets, 4 min walk E

Permit zones1,086 tickets

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

3800 W Grenshaw St — 465 tickets, 9 min walk NW
3500 W Polk St — 388 tickets, 9 min walk N
3500 W Arthington St — 148 tickets, 8 min walk N

City sticker checks49 tickets

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

900 S Spaulding — 49 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks7,045 tickets

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

3300 W Arthington St — 511 tickets, 8 min walk NE
3600 W Polk St — 458 tickets, 9 min walk NW
3100 W Fillmore — 425 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Posted restrictions365 tickets

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

900 S Lawndale — 210 tickets, 9 min walk NW
3400 W Roosevelt — 155 tickets, 3 min walk NE

Other enforcement695 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3700 W Arthington — 503 tickets, 9 min walk NW
900 S Independence — 192 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3314 W 16th St — speed camera, 9 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 2450 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 24, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.