Chicago parking by block · Calumet Heights · Ward 8

Parking at 8850 S Blackstone Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8800–8899 S Blackstone Ave. Everything here is from City records — 7,993 parking tickets written across 93 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?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 8, section 16. 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 8850 S Blackstone Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8700 S Harper Ave alone took 115 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning328 tickets

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

8700 S Harper Ave — 115 tickets, 3 min walk N
8800 S Dorchester Ave — 62 tickets, 3 min walk W
8500 S Dante Ave — 56 tickets, 8 min walk N

Permit zones272 tickets

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

1100 E 90th St — 122 tickets, 10 min walk W
8900 S University Ave — 105 tickets, 9 min walk W
9000 S Harper Ave — 45 tickets, 6 min walk S

Plate checks4,099 tickets

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

1600 E 86th Pl — 258 tickets, 7 min walk NE
8800 S Dante Ave — 203 tickets, 1 min walk SW
8900 S Blackstone Ave — 202 tickets, 2 min walk S

Metered blocks2,507 tickets

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

1600 E 87th St — 1,615 tickets, 6 min walk NE
1700 E 87th St — 822 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1500 E 87th St — 70 tickets, 4 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.

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 8, section 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.