Parking at 2850 S Drake Ave
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2850 S Drake Ave

Ward 22, cleaning section 8 · 38,327 parking tickets were written across 122 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
Then Thursday, October 1 · Tuesday, November 10 · Thursday, November 12. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
3
3084 S Kedzie Ave (9 min walk) · 2718 S Kedzie Ave (10 min walk) · 3190 W 31st St (10 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,093 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390, 7 min walk NW
  • 3200 W 27th St — 360, 10 min walk NE
  • 2700 S Spaulding Ave — 300, 7 min walk NE
  • 3400 W 25th St — 299, 10 min walk N
  • 2700 S St Louis Ave — 298, 4 min walk NE
Permit zones2,409 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 2500 S Christiana Ave — 554, 10 min walk NE
  • 2700 S Christiana Ave — 377, 6 min walk NE
  • 3000 S Central Park Ave — 304, 2 min walk SW
  • 3000 S Harding Ave — 294, 10 min walk W
  • 3000 S Drake Ave — 286, 2 min walk S
Plate checks2,695 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 2800 S Harding Ave — 296, 10 min walk W
  • 2800 S Spaulding Ave — 256, 7 min walk E
  • 2700 S Drake Ave — 251, 3 min walk N
  • 2700 S Trumbull Ave — 232, 4 min walk NE
  • 2600 S Avers Ave — 212, 10 min walk NW
Posted restrictions2,989 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 2600 S Central Park Ave — 321, 6 min walk N
  • 2700 S Homan Ave — 318, 5 min walk NE
  • 2500 S St Louis Ave — 303, 8 min walk N
  • 3300 W 28th St — 268, 6 min walk E
  • 2800 S Homan Ave — 227, 4 min walk E
Metered blocks21,746 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 3600 W 26th St — 3,752, 7 min walk N
  • 3500 W 26th St — 3,700, 7 min walk N
  • 3700 W 26th St — 2,536, 9 min walk NW
  • 3400 W 26th St — 2,257, 7 min walk N
  • 2600 S Drake Ave — 1,423, 6 min walk N

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 8. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr21Tue
Apr22Wed
Jun1Mon
Jun2Tue
Jul13Mon
Jul14Tue
Aug20Thu
Aug21Fri
Sep30Wed
Oct1Thu
Nov10Tue
Nov12Thu

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, September 30.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
3 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.