Parking at 950 W 85th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 900–999 W 85th St. Everything here is from City records — 8,970 parking tickets written across 124 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 17, section 1. 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 950 W 85th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8300 S Elizabeth St alone took 142 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 8300 S Elizabeth St — 142 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 8600 S Elizabeth St — 128 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 8300 S Sangamon St — 119 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 8700 S Aberdeen St — 137 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 8700 S Peoria St — 52 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 1100 W 82nd St — 56 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 8200 S Green St — 241 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 8300 S May St — 223 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 8100 S May St — 198 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 8300 S Racine Ave — 84 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 1200 W 83rd St — 80 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 8100 S Halsted — 60 tickets, 10 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 8690 S Vincennes Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk SE
- 855 W 87th St — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
- 8740 S Vincennes St — speed camera, 7 min walk S
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 3 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.
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 17, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.