Chicago parking by block · Avalon Park · Ward 8

Parking at 1550 E 83rd Pl

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 E 83rd Pl. Everything here is from City records — 6,800 parking tickets written across 96 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?

Zone 1682

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

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 1550 E 83rd Pl

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8700 S Harper Ave alone took 115 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning603 tickets

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

8700 S Harper Ave — 115 tickets, 10 min walk S
8400 S Blackstone Ave — 81 tickets, 3 min walk SW
8200 S Dorchester Ave — 79 tickets, 5 min walk NW

Permit zones212 tickets

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

1600 E 84th St — 170 tickets, 3 min walk SE
8300 S Blackstone Ave — 42 tickets, 2 min walk W

City sticker checks58 tickets

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

8100 S Harper Ave — 58 tickets, 5 min walk N

Plate checks4,503 tickets

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

1600 E 86th Pl — 258 tickets, 8 min walk S
1700 E 84th St — 211 tickets, 5 min walk E
1500 E 85th St — 181 tickets, 5 min walk S

Metered blocks892 tickets

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

1700 E 87th St — 822 tickets, 10 min walk SE
1500 E 87th St — 70 tickets, 9 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

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

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1682 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 8, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.