Parking at 1050 E 61st St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1000–1099 E 61st St. Everything here is from City records — 31,736 parking tickets written across 115 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1287
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 1050 E 61st St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5700 S Woodlawn Ave alone took 255 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning3,348 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 5700 S Woodlawn Ave — 255 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 5800 S Woodlawn Ave — 241 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 6200 S Greenwood Ave — 228 tickets, 4 min walk S
Permit zones4,758 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 6100 S Kimbark Ave — 854 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 6100 S Woodlawn Ave — 552 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 6100 S University Ave — 531 tickets, 3 min walk SE
City sticker checks412 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 1100 E 64th St — 195 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 6300 S Woodlawn Ave — 112 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 6300 S University — 105 tickets, 7 min walk SE
Plate checks9,779 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 5700 S Drexel Ave — 1,133 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 800 E Midway Plaisance — 559 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 900 E Midway Plaisance — 497 tickets, 4 min walk NW
Posted restrictions2,134 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 5800 S Cottage Grove Ave — 919 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 5800 S Payne Dr — 588 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 5900 S Payne Dr — 261 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Metered blocks10,916 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 5700 S Ellis Ave — 3,767 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 5800 S Ellis Ave — 3,336 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 900 E 59th St — 2,738 tickets, 6 min walk NW
Other enforcement195 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 1000 E 59th St — 150 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 6000 S Cottage Grove Ave — 45 tickets, 6 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1287 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
- The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.