Chicago parking by block · Gage Park · Ward 16

Parking at 5850 S Claremont Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 S Claremont Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,129 parking tickets written across 96 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, September 22

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

5529 S Western Ave (8 min walk) · 5520 S Western Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 16, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 5850 S Claremont Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 S Claremont Ave alone took 279 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,852 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

5600 S Claremont Ave — 279 tickets, 7 min walk N
5800 S Artesian Ave — 257 tickets, 3 min walk W
2400 W 58th St — 209 tickets, 3 min walk NW

Permit zones526 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

6200 S Claremont Ave — 241 tickets, 9 min walk S
5700 S Washtenaw Ave — 217 tickets, 10 min walk NW
5500 S Claremont Ave — 68 tickets, 9 min walk N

Plate checks4,582 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

6200 S Artesian Ave — 483 tickets, 9 min walk S
2300 W 56th St — 274 tickets, 8 min walk N
5900 S Rockwell St — 251 tickets, 7 min walk W

Posted restrictions134 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

6000 S Rockwell St — 134 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Metered blocks1,592 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

6200 S Western Ave — 1,289 tickets, 9 min walk S
6200 S Campbell Ave — 303 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5529 S Western Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk N
5520 S Western Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk N

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 16, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.