Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 14

Parking at 3450 W 61st St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 W 61st St. Everything here is from City records — 25,016 parking tickets written across 109 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, October 19
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
3154 W 63rd St (8 min walk) · 6313 S Kedzie Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 14, section 16. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
26
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue

Streets to watch near 3450 W 61st St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 W 59th St alone took 354 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,725 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,469 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks44 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks9,245 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,531 tickets
Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.
Metered blocks7,762 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3154 W 63rd St — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
  • 6313 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE

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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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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 14, section 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.