Chicago parking by block · Bridgeport · Ward 11

Parking at 2450 S Halsted

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2400–2499 S Halsted. Everything here is from City records — 10,468 parking tickets written across 95 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
2740 S Archer Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 2450 S Halsted

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 500 W 28th St alone took 225 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,671 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones710 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,284 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions625 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks2,472 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement122 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2740 S Archer Avespeed camera, 9 min walk SW

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 1 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 11, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.