Chicago parking by block · Douglas · Ward 4

Parking at 2650 S Prairie Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2600–2699 S Prairie Ave. Everything here is from City records — 24,981 parking tickets written across 86 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?

Zone 1129

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

371 E 31st St (9 min walk) · 3103 S Martin Luther King Dr (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 4, section 13. 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 2650 S Prairie Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 S Indiana Ave alone took 588 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,197 tickets

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

2900 S Indiana Ave — 588 tickets, 6 min walk S
3000 S Indiana Ave — 542 tickets, 8 min walk S
2300 S Indiana — 350 tickets, 8 min walk N

Permit zones6,218 tickets

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

100 E 23rd St — 3,497 tickets, 10 min walk N
2300 S Wabash Ave — 881 tickets, 9 min walk NW
2800 S Prairie Ave — 578 tickets, 3 min walk S

City sticker checks123 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

2600 S Lake Shore Drive — 123 tickets, 10 min walk E

Plate checks9,139 tickets

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

2900 S Vernon Ave — 1,403 tickets, 7 min walk SE
2900 S State St — 1,030 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2800 S Vernon Ave — 570 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Posted restrictions1,140 tickets

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

300 E 29th St — 342 tickets, 4 min walk SE
2400 S Michigan — 151 tickets, 6 min walk NW
2700 S Indiana Ave — 143 tickets, 2 min walk SW

Metered blocks4,855 tickets

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

2300 S Michigan Ave — 3,141 tickets, 8 min walk NW
0 E 26th St — 817 tickets, 5 min walk NW
2600 S Wabash Ave — 713 tickets, 5 min walk W

Other enforcement58 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

200 E 31st St — 58 tickets, 8 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

371 E 31st St — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
3103 S Martin Luther King Dr — red-light camera, 9 min walk S

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1129 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 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 4, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.