Parking at 2850 S Prairie Ave
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2850 S Prairie Ave

Ward 4, cleaning section 13 · 20,179 parking tickets were written across 93 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
Then Tuesday, September 15 · Tuesday, October 27 · Wednesday, October 28. 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?
2
371 E 31st St (7 min walk) · 3103 S Martin Luther King Dr (7 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 S Indiana Ave alone took 588 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,441 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 2900 S Indiana Ave — 588, 3 min walk S
  • 3000 S Indiana Ave — 542, 5 min walk S
  • 200 E 29th St — 340, 1 min walk SW
  • 3100 S Prairie Ave — 215, 7 min walk S
  • 3100 S Indiana Ave — 189, 8 min walk S
Permit zones2,758 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 400 E 31st Street — 605, 9 min walk SE
  • 2800 S Prairie Ave — 578, 1 min walk SE
  • 2600 S Prairie Ave — 546, 2 min walk N
  • 3100 S Vernon Ave — 504, 9 min walk SE
  • 2600 S Indiana Ave — 355, 3 min walk N
Plate checks10,738 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 2900 S Vernon Ave — 1,403, 6 min walk E
  • 2900 S State St — 1,030, 7 min walk SW
  • 2900 S Federal St — 1,029, 9 min walk W
  • 2800 S Vernon Ave — 570, 5 min walk E
  • 2700 S Prairie Ave — 567, 2 min walk N
Posted restrictions1,194 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 300 E 29th St — 342, 3 min walk E
  • 2400 S Michigan — 151, 8 min walk N
  • 2700 S Indiana Ave — 143, 2 min walk NW
  • 100 E 28th Pl — 141, 2 min walk W
  • 2700 S Calumet — 114, 2 min walk NE
Metered blocks1,714 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 0 E 26th St — 817, 6 min walk NW
  • 2600 S Wabash Ave — 713, 5 min walk NW
  • 2800 S Wabash Ave — 140, 4 min walk W
  • 2700 S Wabash Ave — 44, 5 min walk W

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 4, section 13. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May5Tue
May6Wed
Jun17Wed
Jun18Thu
Jul31Fri
Aug3Mon
Sep14Mon
Sep15Tue
Oct27Tue
Oct28Wed

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, September 14.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
2 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.