Chicago parking by block · Armour Square · Ward 11

Parking at 2550 S Dan Ryan Ib Stevenson

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 S Dan Ryan Ib Stevenson. Everything here is from City records — 25,977 parking tickets written across 112 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

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 11, section 5. 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 2550 S Dan Ryan Ib Stevenson

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Wells St alone took 230 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,421 tickets

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

2600 S Wells St — 230 tickets, 8 min walk SE
500 W 28th St — 225 tickets, 5 min walk S
2600 S Princeton Ave — 220 tickets, 7 min walk E

Permit zones4,437 tickets

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

200 W Alexander St — 1,698 tickets, 10 min walk NE
300 W 24th St — 1,446 tickets, 5 min walk NE
2200 S Princeton Ave — 911 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks4,569 tickets

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

200 W 24th St — 1,095 tickets, 8 min walk E
300 W 23rd St — 617 tickets, 7 min walk NE
2300 S Princeton Ave — 370 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Posted restrictions836 tickets

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

700 W 26th St — 261 tickets, 6 min walk SW
400 W 24th St — 244 tickets, 3 min walk NE
600 W 29th St — 159 tickets, 8 min walk S

Metered blocks11,137 tickets

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

2300 S Wentworth Ave — 4,917 tickets, 9 min walk E
200 W 23rd St — 3,448 tickets, 9 min walk NE
2400 S Wentworth Ave — 2,005 tickets, 9 min walk E

Other enforcement65 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2300 S Halsted — 65 tickets, 8 min walk NW

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 11, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.