Chicago parking by block · Near South Side · Ward 3

Parking at 1850 S Calumet Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 S Calumet Ave. Everything here is from City records — 122,372 parking tickets written across 84 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 6

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 1677

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

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, section 2. 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 1850 S Calumet Ave

permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 100 E 23rd St alone took 3,497 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Permit zones24,289 tickets

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

100 E 23rd St — 3,497 tickets, 9 min walk S
0 E 23rd St — 3,119 tickets, 10 min walk SW
100 E 21st St — 1,360 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Plate checks2,732 tickets

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

1500 S Wabash Ave — 1,716 tickets, 8 min walk NW
1500 S State St — 764 tickets, 9 min walk NW
1600 S Dearborn St — 126 tickets, 10 min walk W

Posted restrictions18,901 tickets

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

2200 S Michigan Ave — 16,163 tickets, 8 min walk SW
2200 S Indiana — 1,178 tickets, 8 min walk S
100 E 16th St — 454 tickets, 5 min walk NW

Metered blocks76,267 tickets

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

1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 9 min walk NW
1600 S Michigan Ave — 5,023 tickets, 5 min walk NW
2100 S Wabash Ave — 4,887 tickets, 8 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1677 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 3, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.