Parking at 50 W 85th St
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Parking at this address

50 W 85th St

Ward 6, cleaning section 19 · 5,640 parking tickets were written across 86 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
We couldn’t match this address to a published section.
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?
5
8550 S Lafayette Ave (4 min walk) · 49 W 85th St (4 min walk) · 8646 S Lafayette Ave (6 min walk) +2 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8500 S Prairie Ave alone took 98 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning336 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 8500 S Prairie Ave — 98, 5 min walk E
  • 8400 S Indiana Ave — 80, 3 min walk E
  • 8200 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 61, 10 min walk NE
  • 8100 S Lafayette Ave — 51, 9 min walk N
  • 8200 S La Salle St — 46, 8 min walk NW
Permit zones1,298 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 8700 S Wabash Ave — 320, 7 min walk S
  • 8700 S Michigan Ave — 311, 7 min walk S
  • 8300 S Wabash Ave — 214, 4 min walk N
  • 8800 S Wabash Ave — 182, 9 min walk S
  • 8700 S Indiana Ave — 171, 7 min walk SE
Plate checks2,638 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 8200 S Michigan Ave — 190, 6 min walk N
  • 8200 S Indiana Ave — 186, 7 min walk NE
  • 8800 S Michigan Ave — 131, 10 min walk S
  • 0 E 85th St — 109, 1 min walk E
  • 8400 S Vernon Ave — 109, 10 min walk E
Posted restrictions455 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 8600 S Wabash Ave — 153, 5 min walk S
  • 8700 S State St — 131, 7 min walk S
  • 8600 S State St — 82, 4 min walk SW
  • 0 E 83rd St — 48, 5 min walk N
  • 8800 S State St — 41, 9 min walk S
Other enforcement288 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 200 W 87th St — 153, 10 min walk SW
  • 100 W 87th St — 83, 8 min walk SW
  • 100 W 83rd St — 52, 8 min walk NW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 19. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May21Thu
May22Fri
Aug10Mon
Aug11Tue

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day, once the section publishes.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
5 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.