Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 25

Parking at 2550 W 26th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 W 26th St. Everything here is from City records — 37,313 parking tickets written across 66 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 25, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jul
13
Mon
Jul
14
Tue
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 2550 W 26th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2500 S Blue Island Ave alone took 535 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,776 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones8,237 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,251 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,122 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks19,680 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement102 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

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 25, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.