Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 8050 S Stewart Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8000–8099 S Stewart Ave. Everything here is from City records — 5,913 parking tickets written across 88 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 29

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 6, 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 8050 S Stewart Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7900 S Harvard Ave alone took 152 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning637 tickets

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

7900 S Harvard Ave — 152 tickets, 3 min walk NE
7700 S Lowe Ave — 133 tickets, 10 min walk NW
8000 S Stewart Ave — 97 tickets, 1 min walk N

Permit zones1,064 tickets

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

8000 S Perry Ave — 264 tickets, 8 min walk E
7900 S Perry Ave — 189 tickets, 8 min walk NE
7900 S Lafayette Ave — 148 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks2,828 tickets

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

7900 S Normal Ave — 186 tickets, 4 min walk NW
7800 S Union Ave — 162 tickets, 9 min walk NW
8000 S Emerald Ave — 148 tickets, 9 min walk W

Posted restrictions84 tickets

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

0 W 80th St — 84 tickets, 8 min walk E

Metered blocks159 tickets

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

700 W 79th St — 159 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Other enforcement441 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

600 W 79th Street — 389 tickets, 8 min walk NW
100 W 83rd St — 52 tickets, 8 min walk SE

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