Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 2550 S Hamlin Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 S Hamlin Ave. Everything here is from City records — 54,178 parking tickets written across 137 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

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 7. 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 Hamlin Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,006 tickets

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

2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390 tickets, 3 min walk SE
4000 W 24th St — 350 tickets, 7 min walk NW
2500 S Avers Ave — 305 tickets, 1 min walk W

Permit zones887 tickets

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

4100 W 25th Pl — 375 tickets, 10 min walk W
2500 S Kedvale Ave — 218 tickets, 8 min walk W
2700 S Springfield Ave — 185 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Plate checks3,769 tickets

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

4100 W 24th Pl — 391 tickets, 8 min walk W
2800 S Harding Ave — 296 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2700 S Karlov Ave — 265 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Posted restrictions2,254 tickets

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

2600 S Central Park Ave — 321 tickets, 6 min walk SE
2500 S St Louis Ave — 303 tickets, 8 min walk E
2400 S Harding Ave — 255 tickets, 5 min walk NW

Metered blocks35,130 tickets

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

3600 W 26th St — 3,752 tickets, 5 min walk E
3500 W 26th St — 3,700 tickets, 6 min walk E
4000 W 26th St — 3,513 tickets, 7 min walk W

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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.