Parking at 8550 S Calumet Ave
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8550 S Calumet Ave

Ward 6, cleaning section 13 · 7,495 parking tickets were written across 100 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
Then Friday, October 9. 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
8590 S Martin Luther King Dr (2 min walk) · 8550 S Lafayette Ave (9 min walk) · 8646 S Lafayette Ave (10 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8300 S St Lawrence Ave alone took 150 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning456 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 8300 S St Lawrence Ave — 150, 10 min walk NE
  • 8500 S Prairie Ave — 98, 1 min walk W
  • 8400 S Indiana Ave — 80, 4 min walk NW
  • 500 E 86th St — 67, 6 min walk E
  • 8200 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 61, 8 min walk N
Permit zones1,198 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 8700 S Wabash Ave — 320, 8 min walk SW
  • 8700 S Michigan Ave — 311, 7 min walk SW
  • 8300 S Wabash Ave — 214, 9 min walk NW
  • 8800 S Wabash Ave — 182, 9 min walk SW
  • 8700 S Indiana Ave — 171, 5 min walk SW
Plate checks4,696 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 8200 S Vernon Ave — 397, 9 min walk N
  • 400 E 87th St — 263, 6 min walk SE
  • 400 E 88th St — 209, 7 min walk SE
  • 8200 S Michigan Ave — 190, 9 min walk NW
  • 8200 S Indiana Ave — 186, 9 min walk N
Posted restrictions414 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 8600 S Wabash Ave — 153, 7 min walk W
  • 8700 S State St — 131, 9 min walk SW
  • 8600 S State St — 82, 8 min walk W
  • 0 E 83rd St — 48, 9 min walk NW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 13. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May5Tue
May6Wed
Jul23Thu
Jul24Fri
Oct8Thu
Oct9Fri

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, October 8.
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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.