Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 2850 S Karlov Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2800–2899 S Karlov Ave. Everything here is from City records — 36,149 parking tickets written across 135 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 16

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 3. 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 2850 S Karlov Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,526 tickets

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

2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390 tickets, 10 min walk NE
2500 S Avers Ave — 305 tickets, 10 min walk NE
4000 W 25th Pl — 291 tickets, 8 min walk N

Permit zones1,662 tickets

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

4100 W 25th Pl — 375 tickets, 9 min walk N
3000 S Harding Ave — 294 tickets, 5 min walk SE
2500 S Kedvale Ave — 218 tickets, 7 min walk N

Plate checks2,958 tickets

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

2800 S Harding Ave — 296 tickets, 4 min walk E
2700 S Kedvale Ave — 267 tickets, 3 min walk NW
2700 S Karlov Ave — 265 tickets, 2 min walk N

Posted restrictions2,339 tickets

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

3000 S Kedvale Ave — 259 tickets, 4 min walk S
2700 S Tripp Ave — 227 tickets, 4 min walk NW
4100 W 30th St — 205 tickets, 2 min walk SW

Metered blocks18,301 tickets

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

4000 W 26th St — 3,513 tickets, 6 min walk N
3900 W 26th St — 3,401 tickets, 8 min walk NE
3800 W 26th St — 2,670 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Other enforcement235 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4100 W 33rd St — 138 tickets, 9 min walk S
4200 W 31st St — 97 tickets, 5 min walk SW

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