Parking at 550 E 87th Pl
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 E 87th Pl. Everything here is from City records — 7,135 parking tickets written across 88 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 8, section 14. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 550 E 87th Pl
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8300 S St Lawrence Ave alone took 150 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 8300 S St Lawrence Ave — 150 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 8500 S Prairie Ave — 98 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 500 E 86th St — 67 tickets, 3 min walk NE
- 8700 S Michigan Ave — 311 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 8600 S Maryland Ave — 299 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 8600 S Drexel Ave — 274 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 700 E 88th St — 273 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 400 E 87th St — 263 tickets, 2 min walk SW
- 600 E 89th St — 253 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 700 E 87th Pl — 151 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 8400 S Cottage Grove — 82 tickets, 10 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 8590 S Martin Luther King Dr — speed camera, 4 min walk NW
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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.
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 8, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.