Chicago parking by block · Lower West Side · Ward 11

Parking at 850 W S Branch Chicago River

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 W S Branch Chicago River. Everything here is from City records — 12,532 parking tickets written across 95 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

2740 S Archer Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 11. 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 S Branch Chicago River

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 600 W 28th St alone took 199 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,123 tickets

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

600 W 28th St — 199 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2800 S Emerald Ave — 182 tickets, 9 min walk S
2700 S Emerald Ave — 101 tickets, 7 min walk S

Permit zones754 tickets

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

1000 W 20th Pl — 328 tickets, 9 min walk NW
400 W 23rd Pl — 195 tickets, 9 min walk E
2300 S Canal St — 187 tickets, 10 min walk E

Plate checks5,700 tickets

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

900 W Cullerton St — 649 tickets, 10 min walk NW
900 W 21st St — 561 tickets, 7 min walk N
700 W 21st St — 312 tickets, 8 min walk N

Posted restrictions1,790 tickets

Loading zone enforcement. Not a spot to leave a private car.

1100 W Cermak Rd — 1,165 tickets, 10 min walk NW
700 W 26th St — 261 tickets, 5 min walk S
400 W 24th St — 244 tickets, 9 min walk E

Metered blocks2,472 tickets

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

2100 S Canalport Ave — 1,705 tickets, 7 min walk N
2200 S Archer Ave — 396 tickets, 10 min walk E
2500 S Archer Ave — 276 tickets, 4 min walk S

Other enforcement122 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2300 S Halsted — 65 tickets, 2 min walk NE
2100 S Emerald Ave — 57 tickets, 6 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2740 S Archer Ave — speed camera, 9 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 11, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.