Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 50 E 83rd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 E 83rd St. Everything here is from City records — 9,317 parking tickets written across 105 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 2347
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
3
49 W 85th St (8 min walk) · 8550 S Lafayette Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 19. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue

Streets to watch near 50 E 83rd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Calumet Ave alone took 135 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning722 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,277 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,941 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions655 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Other enforcement52 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 49 W 85th St — speed camera, 8 min walk SW
  • 8550 S Lafayette Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk SW
  • 8590 S Martin Luther King Dr — speed camera, 10 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 2347 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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 6, section 19. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.