Parking at 8050 S Dorchester Ave
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Parking at this address

8050 S Dorchester Ave

Ward 8, cleaning section 7 · 8,621 parking tickets were written across 94 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, November 4
Then Thursday, November 5. 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?
4
1215 E 83RD ST (7 min walk) · 7850 S Stony Island Ave (7 min walk) · 7901 S South Chicago Ave (7 min walk) +1 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7800 S Avalon Ave alone took 146 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning969 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 7800 S Avalon Ave — 146, 6 min walk NW
  • 8000 S Dobson Ave — 136, 8 min walk W
  • 7800 S Greenwood Ave — 101, 9 min walk NW
  • 7800 S Woodlawn Ave — 93, 7 min walk NW
  • 8400 S Blackstone Ave — 81, 10 min walk S
Permit zones2,688 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 7900 S Ellis Ave — 813, 10 min walk W
  • 7900 S Dobson Ave — 655, 9 min walk W
  • 7800 S Cornell Ave — 407, 8 min walk NE
  • 7900 S Greenwood Ave — 372, 7 min walk W
  • 7800 S East End Ave — 319, 10 min walk NE
City sticker checks58 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 8100 S Harper Ave — 58, 5 min walk SE
Plate checks4,399 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 8100 S Ellis Ave — 453, 10 min walk W
  • 8000 S Ellis Ave — 403, 10 min walk W
  • 1000 E 80th St — 189, 9 min walk W
  • 8200 S Kenwood Ave — 154, 5 min walk S
  • 8100 S Kenwood Ave — 127, 3 min walk S
Metered blocks103 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1700 E 79th St — 103, 10 min walk NE

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 8, section 7. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr17Fri
Apr20Mon
Jun24Wed
Jun25Thu
Aug28Fri
Aug31Mon
Nov4Wed
Nov5Thu

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, November 4.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
4 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.