Chicago parking by block · Armour Square · Ward 11

Parking at 2650 S Dan Ryan Cermak

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2600–2699 S Dan Ryan Cermak. Everything here is from City records — 32,502 parking tickets written across 124 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 6
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 11, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
25
Tue
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri

Streets to watch near 2650 S Dan Ryan Cermak

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3000 S Princeton Ave alone took 269 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,861 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,030 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks9,297 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,342 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks14,451 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement128 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 11, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.