Chicago parking by block · Avalon Park · Ward 8

Parking at 1450 E 85th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1400–1499 E 85th St. Everything here is from City records — 8,803 parking tickets written across 92 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
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.

Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 1450 E 85th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8700 S Harper Ave alone took 115 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning545 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones212 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 checks4,977 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Metered blocks2,507 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 NW

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.