Chicago parking by block · Bridgeport · Ward 11

Parking at 850 W 29th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 W 29th St. Everything here is from City records — 30,449 parking tickets written across 128 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

2928 S Halsted St (2 min walk) · 2740 S Archer Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 9. 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 850 W 29th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3100 S Morgan St alone took 569 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,775 tickets

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

3100 S Morgan St — 569 tickets, 8 min walk SW
800 W 31st St — 569 tickets, 5 min walk S
3200 S Morgan St — 498 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Permit zones4,227 tickets

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

3100 S Emerald Ave — 486 tickets, 7 min walk SE
3000 S Farrell St — 441 tickets, 5 min walk SW
3200 S Emerald Ave — 410 tickets, 9 min walk S

Plate checks4,508 tickets

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

900 W 32nd Pl — 581 tickets, 9 min walk S
1000 W 32nd St — 429 tickets, 9 min walk SW
3200 S Green St — 278 tickets, 8 min walk S

Posted restrictions706 tickets

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

700 W 26th St — 261 tickets, 6 min walk N
3100 S May St — 166 tickets, 9 min walk SW
600 W 29th St — 159 tickets, 5 min walk E

Metered blocks12,842 tickets

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

3200 S Halsted St — 5,242 tickets, 10 min walk S
3300 S Halsted St — 3,127 tickets, 10 min walk S
500 W 31st St — 1,015 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2928 S Halsted St — speed camera, 2 min walk SE
2740 S Archer Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk NW

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 2 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 11, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.