Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 150 W 83rd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 100–199 W 83rd St. Everything here is from City records — 5,728 parking tickets written across 81 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 29
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
49 W 85th St (6 min walk) · 8550 S Lafayette Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 20. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 150 W 83rd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7900 S Harvard Ave alone took 152 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning388 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,399 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,781 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions502 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Other enforcement52 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 49 W 85th Stspeed camera, 6 min walk SE
  • 8550 S Lafayette Avespeed camera, 7 min walk SE

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 2 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 6, section 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.