Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 8350 S Calumet Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8300–8399 S Calumet Ave. Everything here is from City records — 8,868 parking tickets written across 111 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

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 (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 13. 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 8350 S Calumet Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Eberhart Ave alone took 298 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,335 tickets

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

8000 S Eberhart Ave — 298 tickets, 8 min walk NE
8300 S St Lawrence Ave — 150 tickets, 7 min walk E
8000 S Calumet Ave — 135 tickets, 7 min walk N

Permit zones510 tickets

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

8300 S Wabash Ave — 214 tickets, 7 min walk W
8000 S Wabash Ave — 196 tickets, 9 min walk NW
8200 S Wabash Ave — 100 tickets, 7 min walk W

Plate checks6,343 tickets

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

8100 S Vernon Ave — 420 tickets, 5 min walk NE
8200 S Vernon Ave — 397 tickets, 3 min walk NE
8000 S Vernon Ave — 343 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Posted restrictions48 tickets

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

0 E 83rd St — 48 tickets, 5 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

8590 S Martin Luther King Dr — speed camera, 7 min walk S

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 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.