Parking at 5850 S Hamlin Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 S Hamlin Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,314 parking tickets written across 105 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 23, section 16. 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 5850 S Hamlin Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 W 59th St alone took 354 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.
- 3700 W 59th St — 354 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 3500 W 59th St — 343 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 3400 W 59th St — 294 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 3900 W 56th Pl — 438 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 5400 S Springfield Ave — 240 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 3900 W 59th St — 225 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 4100 W 58th Pl — 143 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 3700 W 56th St — 120 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 6000 S Hamlin Ave — 44 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 3500 W 58th St — 233 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 3500 W 61st St — 223 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 3500 W 57th St — 221 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 3800 W 62nd St — 374 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 3600 W 55th St — 247 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 3900 W 55th St — 210 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3946 W 55th St — red-light camera, 10 min walk NW
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 1 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 23, section 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.