Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 8250 S St Lawrence Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8200–8299 S St Lawrence Ave. Everything here is from City records — 24,766 parking tickets written across 122 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

8590 S Martin Luther King Dr (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 10. 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 8250 S St Lawrence Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8100 S Drexel Ave alone took 553 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,763 tickets

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

8100 S Drexel Ave — 553 tickets, 8 min walk E
8000 S Drexel Ave — 486 tickets, 9 min walk NE
8000 S Maryland Ave — 392 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Permit zones1,204 tickets

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

7900 S Evans Ave — 726 tickets, 9 min walk NE
7900 S Eberhart Ave — 478 tickets, 8 min walk N

Plate checks13,723 tickets

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

8100 S Ingleside Ave — 685 tickets, 9 min walk E
8200 S Ingleside Ave — 589 tickets, 9 min walk E
8200 S Maryland Ave — 573 tickets, 6 min walk E

Metered blocks6,518 tickets

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

8200 S Cottage Grove Ave — 1,695 tickets, 5 min walk E
700 E 79th St — 1,337 tickets, 10 min walk N
600 E 79th St — 1,159 tickets, 9 min walk N

Other enforcement82 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

8400 S Cottage Grove — 82 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

8590 S Martin Luther King Dr — speed camera, 10 min walk SW

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.

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 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.