Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 2550 S Karlov Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 S Karlov Ave. Everything here is from City records — 39,050 parking tickets written across 128 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?

4401 W Ogden Ave (10 min walk) · 2374 S Kostner Ave (10 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 2550 S Karlov Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,827 tickets

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

2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390 tickets, 8 min walk E
4000 W 24th St — 350 tickets, 5 min walk N
2500 S Avers Ave — 305 tickets, 5 min walk E

Permit zones1,065 tickets

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

4100 W 25th Pl — 375 tickets, 3 min walk NW
2500 S Kedvale Ave — 218 tickets, 2 min walk W
2700 S Springfield Ave — 185 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Plate checks2,660 tickets

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

4100 W 24th Pl — 391 tickets, 3 min walk N
4100 W Cermak Rd — 299 tickets, 10 min walk N
2800 S Harding Ave — 296 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Posted restrictions2,949 tickets

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

2400 S Harding Ave — 255 tickets, 4 min walk NE
2400 S Avers Ave — 234 tickets, 6 min walk NE
2700 S Tripp Ave — 227 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Metered blocks21,283 tickets

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

4000 W 26th St — 3,513 tickets, 1 min walk SE
3900 W 26th St — 3,401 tickets, 4 min walk E
3800 W 26th St — 2,670 tickets, 5 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4401 W Ogden Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk NW
2374 S Kostner Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk NW
3954 W Cermak Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk N

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 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.

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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.