Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 2350 S Central Park Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2300–2399 S Central Park Ave. Everything here is from City records — 51,588 parking tickets written across 146 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 9. 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 2350 S Central Park Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,979 tickets

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

2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390 tickets, 8 min walk SW
2300 S Trumbull Ave — 318 tickets, 4 min walk E
2500 S Avers Ave — 305 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Permit zones2,593 tickets

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

2500 S Spaulding Ave — 657 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2500 S Sawyer Ave — 597 tickets, 10 min walk SE
2500 S Christiana Ave — 554 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Plate checks5,503 tickets

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

2200 S Drake Ave — 426 tickets, 4 min walk N
2300 S Sawyer Ave — 407 tickets, 9 min walk E
3200 W 23rd St — 379 tickets, 10 min walk E

Posted restrictions2,817 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

2200 S Sawyer Ave — 419 tickets, 9 min walk E
2600 S Central Park Ave — 321 tickets, 7 min walk S
2500 S St Louis Ave — 303 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Metered blocks27,511 tickets

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

3600 W 26th St — 3,752 tickets, 6 min walk S
3500 W 26th St — 3,700 tickets, 6 min walk S
3900 W 26th St — 3,401 tickets, 10 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.