Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 2250 S Springfield Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2200–2299 S Springfield Ave. Everything here is from City records — 27,523 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3954 W Cermak Rd (2 min walk) · 2160 S Pulaski Rd (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 7. 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 Springfield Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 W 21st Pl alone took 493 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,803 tickets

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

4100 W 21st Pl — 493 tickets, 8 min walk NW
4200 W 21st Pl — 478 tickets, 10 min walk W
4000 W 24th St — 350 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Permit zones962 tickets

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

4100 W 25th Pl — 375 tickets, 10 min walk SW
2100 S Central Park Ave — 316 tickets, 8 min walk E
1900 S Avers Ave — 203 tickets, 4 min walk N

Plate checks3,120 tickets

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

2200 S Drake Ave — 426 tickets, 9 min walk E
4100 W 24th Pl — 391 tickets, 8 min walk SW
4100 W Cermak Rd — 299 tickets, 6 min walk W

Posted restrictions1,154 tickets

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

2400 S Harding Ave — 255 tickets, 6 min walk S
2400 S Avers Ave — 234 tickets, 6 min walk S
2400 S Springfield Ave — 208 tickets, 6 min walk S

Metered blocks9,096 tickets

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

3900 W 26th St — 3,401 tickets, 10 min walk S
3800 W 26th St — 2,670 tickets, 10 min walk S
2500 S Harding Ave — 1,433 tickets, 9 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3954 W Cermak Rd — red-light camera, 2 min walk W
2160 S Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 3 min walk NW

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 22, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.