Parking at 8250 S Dante Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8200–8299 S Dante Ave. Everything here is from City records — 5,620 parking tickets written across 90 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 8, section 7. 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 8250 S Dante Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8400 S Blackstone Ave alone took 81 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 8400 S Blackstone Ave — 81 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 8200 S Dorchester Ave — 79 tickets, 1 min walk W
- 8000 S Dante Ave — 78 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 1600 E 84th St — 170 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 8300 S Blackstone Ave — 42 tickets, 3 min walk SE
- 8100 S Harper Ave — 58 tickets, 3 min walk NE
- 1700 E 84th St — 211 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 1500 E 85th St — 181 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 1600 E 85th Pl — 172 tickets, 9 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1215 E 83RD ST — speed camera, 4 min walk W
- 7901 S South Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk NE
- 1608 E 79th St — red-light camera, 10 min walk NE
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 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.
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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.