Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 4050 W 25th Pl

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 W 25th Pl. Everything here is from City records — 40,158 parking tickets written across 131 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 265
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
3954 W Cermak Rd (9 min walk) · 2160 S Pulaski Rd (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
9
Thu
Apr
10
Fri
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 4050 W 25th Pl

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,872 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,065 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,054 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,654 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks22,186 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3954 W Cermak Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
  • 2160 S Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 265 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 22, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.