Chicago parking by block · Auburn Gresham · Ward 21

Parking at 550 W 84th

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 W 84th. Everything here is from City records — 4,201 parking tickets written across 79 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 21, section 20. 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 550 W 84th

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Stewart Ave alone took 97 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning227 tickets

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

8000 S Stewart Ave — 97 tickets, 10 min walk N
8500 S Normal Ave — 88 tickets, 4 min walk S
8000 S Vincennes Ave — 42 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones60 tickets

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

8100 S Stewart Ave — 60 tickets, 8 min walk NE

City sticker checks43 tickets

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

8700 S Normal Ave — 43 tickets, 9 min walk S

Plate checks3,012 tickets

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

8200 S Green St — 241 tickets, 8 min walk NW
8600 S Lowe Ave — 189 tickets, 8 min walk S
8300 S Green St — 174 tickets, 8 min walk W

Other enforcement112 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

8100 S Halsted — 60 tickets, 9 min walk NW
100 W 83rd St — 52 tickets, 10 min walk E

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 21, section 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.