Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 8350 S St Lawrence Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8300–8399 S St Lawrence Ave. Everything here is from City records — 20,457 parking tickets written across 120 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 13

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 (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 14. 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 St Lawrence Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8100 S Drexel Ave alone took 553 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,185 tickets

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

8100 S Drexel Ave — 553 tickets, 9 min walk NE
8000 S Maryland Ave — 392 tickets, 9 min walk NE
8000 S Eberhart Ave — 298 tickets, 7 min walk N

Permit zones478 tickets

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

7900 S Eberhart Ave — 478 tickets, 10 min walk N

Plate checks13,859 tickets

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

8100 S Ingleside Ave — 685 tickets, 10 min walk NE
8200 S Ingleside Ave — 589 tickets, 9 min walk E
8200 S Maryland Ave — 573 tickets, 7 min walk E

Metered blocks3,354 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
8100 S Cottage Grove Ave — 603 tickets, 7 min walk NE
700 E 82nd St — 555 tickets, 4 min walk NE

Other enforcement82 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

8400 S Cottage Grove — 82 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

8590 S Martin Luther King Dr — speed camera, 8 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 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.