Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 24
Parking at 2250 S Albany Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2200–2299 S Albany Ave. Everything here is from City records — 45,409 parking tickets written across 128 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1265
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
2552 S Kedzie Ave (9 min walk) · 2609 S Kedzie Ave (10 min walk)
Streets to watch near 2250 S Albany Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2200 S Marshall Blvd alone took 581 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning8,403 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2200 S Marshall Blvd — 581 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 2300 S Marshall Blvd — 558 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 2200 S California Ave — 396 tickets, 8 min walk E
Permit zones12,904 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2800 W 21st Pl — 1,331 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 2100 S Fairfield Ave — 804 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 2100 S Albany Ave — 729 tickets, 3 min walk N
Plate checks7,501 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2800 W 25th St — 1,700 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 2300 S Sawyer Ave — 407 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 3200 W 23rd St — 379 tickets, 3 min walk W
Posted restrictions3,624 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 3100 W 24th St — 438 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 2200 S Sawyer Ave — 419 tickets, 4 min walk W
- 2200 S Kedzie Ave — 379 tickets, 3 min walk W
Metered blocks12,470 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2700 W Cermak Rd — 3,573 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 2800 W Cermak Rd — 3,264 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 3200 W 26th St — 1,691 tickets, 9 min walk S
Other enforcement259 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 1900 S California Ave — 157 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 2800 W 24th Blvd — 102 tickets, 8 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2552 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
- 2609 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk S
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1265 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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.
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 24, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.