Parking at 850 S Laramie
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 S Laramie. Everything here is from City records — 4,875 parking tickets written across 53 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 29, section 3. 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 850 S Laramie
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W Congress Pkwy alone took 285 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
- 5200 W Congress Pkwy — 285 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 5000 W Van Buren St — 227 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 4900 W Van Buren St — 189 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 4900 W Lexington St — 96 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 4800 W Lexington St — 65 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 5000 W Gladys Ave — 440 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 5000 W Congress Pkwy — 385 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 5200 W Van Buren St — 231 tickets, 7 min walk N
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- 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 29, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.