Parking at 1950 W 61st St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1900–1999 W 61st St. Everything here is from City records — 7,197 parking tickets written across 99 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 16, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 1950 W 61st St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6400 S Honore St alone took 192 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 6400 S Honore St — 192 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 6200 S Honore St — 171 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 5700 S Honore St — 169 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 6000 S Justine St — 65 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 6200 S Wood St — 193 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 6200 S Hermitage Ave — 182 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 5900 S Paulina St — 175 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 2100 W 63rd St — 135 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6274 S Damen Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
- 6309 S Damen Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk S
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 cameras nearby.
- 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.
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 16, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.