Parking at 8350 S May St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8300–8399 S May St. Everything here is from City records — 11,549 parking tickets written across 133 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 17, section 2. 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 8350 S May St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Carpenter St alone took 205 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 8000 S Carpenter St — 205 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 8300 S Elizabeth St — 142 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 8600 S Elizabeth St — 128 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 8200 S Ada St — 134 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 8500 S Bishop St — 96 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 1100 W 82nd St — 56 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 8200 S Green St — 241 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 8300 S May St — 223 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 8200 S Laflin St — 210 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 8300 S Racine Ave — 84 tickets, 1 min walk W
- 8000 S Racine — 88 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 1200 W 83rd St — 80 tickets, 2 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1507 W 83rd St — speed camera, 9 min walk W
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.
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 17, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.