Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 2450 S Kedvale Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2400–2499 S Kedvale Ave. Everything here is from City records — 33,826 parking tickets written across 119 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

2160 S Pulaski Rd (7 min walk) · 3954 W Cermak Rd (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 4. 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 2450 S Kedvale 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 cleaning10,187 tickets

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

4100 W 21st Pl — 493 tickets, 8 min walk N
4200 W 21st Pl — 478 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4300 W 21st Pl — 375 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Permit zones771 tickets

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

4100 W 25th Pl — 375 tickets, 3 min walk S
2500 S Kedvale Ave — 218 tickets, 4 min walk S
4200 W 25th St — 178 tickets, 4 min walk SW

Plate checks3,089 tickets

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

4100 W 24th Pl — 391 tickets, 1 min walk SE
4100 W Cermak Rd — 299 tickets, 5 min walk N
2700 S Kedvale Ave — 267 tickets, 9 min walk S

Posted restrictions1,474 tickets

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

2400 S Harding Ave — 255 tickets, 5 min walk E
2400 S Avers Ave — 234 tickets, 7 min walk E
2700 S Tripp Ave — 227 tickets, 9 min walk S

Metered blocks17,872 tickets

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

4000 W 26th St — 3,513 tickets, 5 min walk SE
3900 W 26th St — 3,401 tickets, 7 min walk SE
3800 W 26th St — 2,670 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2160 S Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
3954 W Cermak Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
2374 S Kostner Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
4401 W Ogden Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W

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 4 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 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.