Parking at 2550 S Leavitt St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 S Leavitt St. Everything here is from City records — 24,701 parking tickets written across 59 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
2425 W Cermak Rd (10 min walk)
Streets to watch near 2550 S Leavitt St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2200 W Cermak Rd alone took 761 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning4,352 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2200 W Cermak Rd — 761 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 2500 S Blue Island Ave — 535 tickets, 1 min walk NE
- 2400 S Blue Island Ave — 430 tickets, 1 min walk NE
Permit zones9,633 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2000 W Coulter St — 1,293 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 2200 W 23rd St — 1,079 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 2300 W 23rd St — 818 tickets, 7 min walk NW
Plate checks3,693 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2100 W 23rd Pl — 607 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 2300 S Oakley Ave — 471 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 2300 S Leavitt St — 416 tickets, 5 min walk N
Posted restrictions826 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2200 W 24th St — 366 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 2200 S Damen Ave — 333 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 2500 W 25th St — 77 tickets, 8 min walk W
Metered blocks6,114 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2100 W Cermak Rd — 3,546 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 2000 W Cermak Rd — 1,982 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 2200 S Leavitt St — 586 tickets, 6 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2425 W Cermak Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk NW
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 1 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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.