Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 24

Parking at 2250 S Kedzie Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2200–2299 S Kedzie Ave. Everything here is from City records — 38,898 parking tickets written across 133 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

2552 S Kedzie Ave (9 min walk) · 2609 S Kedzie Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 24, 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 2250 S Kedzie Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2200 S Marshall Blvd alone took 581 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,492 tickets

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

2200 S Marshall Blvd — 581 tickets, 6 min walk E
2300 S Marshall Blvd — 558 tickets, 7 min walk SE
3000 W 21st Pl — 377 tickets, 4 min walk NE

Permit zones9,567 tickets

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

2100 S Albany Ave — 729 tickets, 4 min walk NE
2900 W 25th St — 675 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2200 S Sacramento Ave — 662 tickets, 5 min walk E

Plate checks6,312 tickets

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

2200 S Drake Ave — 426 tickets, 9 min walk W
2300 S Sawyer Ave — 407 tickets, 3 min walk SW
3200 W 23rd St — 379 tickets, 2 min walk S

Posted restrictions3,183 tickets

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

3100 W 24th St — 438 tickets, 4 min walk S
2200 S Sawyer Ave — 419 tickets, 1 min walk W
2200 S Kedzie Ave — 379 tickets, 1 min walk N

Metered blocks9,100 tickets

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

2800 W Cermak Rd — 3,264 tickets, 9 min walk E
3200 W 26th St — 1,691 tickets, 9 min walk S
3000 W Cermak Rd — 1,442 tickets, 4 min walk E

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.
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.

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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 24, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.