Parking at 850 S Desplaines St
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850 S Desplaines St

Ward 28, cleaning section 1 · 85,404 parking tickets were written across 100 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
Then Thursday, October 1 · 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?
4
732 W Roosevelt Rd (5 min walk) · 809 W Roosevelt Rd (6 min walk) · 644 Roosevelt Rd (7 min walk) +1 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 W Roosevelt Rd alone took 285 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning285 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1000 W Roosevelt Rd — 285, 9 min walk SW
Permit zones6,844 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 400 S Clinton St — 1,123, 8 min walk N
  • 1000 W Polk St — 1,046, 9 min walk W
  • 800 S Miller St — 1,001, 9 min walk W
  • 500 W Van Buren St — 762, 9 min walk N
  • 900 S Carpenter St — 619, 10 min walk W
Plate checks1,136 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 800 W Van Buren St — 557, 10 min walk NW
  • 1200 S Morgan St — 301, 10 min walk SW
  • 700 W Gladys Ave — 107, 10 min walk N
  • 1200 S Canal Street — 69, 7 min walk SE
  • 1000 S Morgan St — 61, 8 min walk W
Posted restrictions3,380 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 600 S Clinton St — 1,240, 6 min walk NE
  • 700 W Maxwell — 588, 8 min walk S
  • 300 S Halsted St — 456, 10 min walk N
  • 700 S Halsted — 218, 5 min walk NW
  • 800 W Harrison — 144, 7 min walk NW
Metered blocks70,758 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1100 S Canal St — 17,618, 6 min walk SE
  • 500 W Roosevelt Road — 6,301, 6 min walk SE
  • 1200 S Clinton St — 4,938, 7 min walk SE
  • 600 W Roosevelt Rd — 4,361, 5 min walk S
  • 500 W Taylor St — 3,141, 4 min walk E

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 28, section 1. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr1Wed
Apr2Thu
Apr27Mon
Apr28Tue
May21Thu
May22Fri
Jun17Wed
Jun18Thu
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Aug10Mon
Aug11Tue
Sep3Thu
Sep4Fri
Sep30Wed
Oct1Thu
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 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
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.