Parking at 150 W 85th
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 100–199 W 85th. Everything here is from City records — 3,581 parking tickets written across 62 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 21, section 20. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 150 W 85th
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8500 S Normal Ave alone took 88 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 8500 S Normal Ave — 88 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 8100 S Lafayette Ave — 51 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 8200 S La Salle St — 46 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 8700 S Wabash Ave — 320 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 8300 S Wabash Ave — 214 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 8200 S Wabash Ave — 100 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 8500 S Parnell Ave — 141 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 0 E 85th St — 109 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 8100 S Harvard Ave — 105 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 8600 S Wabash Ave — 153 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 8700 S State St — 131 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 8600 S State St — 82 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 200 W 87th St — 153 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 100 W 87th St — 83 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 100 W 83rd St — 52 tickets, 5 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 49 W 85th St — speed camera, 3 min walk E
- 8550 S Lafayette Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk SE
- 8646 S Lafayette Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
- 31 W 87th St — red-light camera, 6 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 4 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.
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 21, section 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.