Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 24
Parking at 2450 S Sacramento Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2400–2499 S Sacramento Ave. Everything here is from City records — 57,503 parking tickets written across 116 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 2217
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
3
2552 S Kedzie Ave (6 min walk) · 2609 S Kedzie Ave (6 min walk)
Streets to watch near 2450 S Sacramento 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 cleaning5,538 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2200 S Marshall Blvd — 581 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 2300 S Marshall Blvd — 558 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 2200 S California Ave — 396 tickets, 7 min walk NE
Permit zones13,670 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2600 W 23rd Pl — 1,200 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 2600 W 24th St — 949 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 2100 S Albany Ave — 729 tickets, 9 min walk N
Plate checks6,342 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2800 W 25th St — 1,700 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 2300 S Sawyer Ave — 407 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 2700 W 25th St — 403 tickets, 7 min walk E
Posted restrictions4,530 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 3100 W 24th St — 438 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 2200 S Washtenaw Ave — 421 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 2200 S Sawyer Ave — 419 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Metered blocks27,101 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2600 S California Blvd — 5,648 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 2700 W Cermak Rd — 3,573 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 2800 W Cermak Rd — 3,264 tickets, 8 min walk NE
Other enforcement102 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 2800 W 24th Blvd — 102 tickets, 4 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2552 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
- 2609 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
- 2718 S Kedzie Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SW
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 2217 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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.
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 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.