Parking at 1950 W 85th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1900–1999 W 85th St. Everything here is from City records — 7,027 parking tickets written across 100 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 18, section 19. 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 1950 W 85th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8300 S Marshfield Ave alone took 214 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 8300 S Marshfield Ave — 214 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 8100 S Hermitage Ave — 110 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 1600 W 83rd St — 99 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 8200 S Marshfield Ave — 605 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 8200 S Paulina St — 324 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 8200 S Hermitage Ave — 287 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 8500 S Seeley Ave — 78 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 8600 S Marshfield Ave — 57 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 8300 S Paulina St — 231 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 8400 S Seeley Ave — 189 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 2000 W 82nd St — 153 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 8345 S Ashland Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk E
- 8318 S Ashland Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk NE
- 8666 S Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SE
- 1554 W 87th St — red-light camera, 10 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 18, section 19. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.