Chicago parking by block · Garfield Ridge · Ward 13

Parking at 5850 S Meade Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 S Meade Ave. Everything here is from City records — 5,101 parking tickets written across 123 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 13, section 6. 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 Meade Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6000 S Mcvicker Ave alone took 72 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning451 tickets

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

6000 S Mcvicker Ave — 72 tickets, 5 min walk S
5600 S Mayfield Ave — 70 tickets, 7 min walk NE
6000 S Monitor Ave — 59 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Permit zones556 tickets

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

5600 S Narragansett Ave — 139 tickets, 9 min walk NW
5500 S Mobile Ave — 127 tickets, 9 min walk NW
5700 S Merrimac Ave — 93 tickets, 5 min walk NW

Plate checks2,589 tickets

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

5500 S Merrimac Ave — 187 tickets, 9 min walk NW
5900 W 55th St — 170 tickets, 10 min walk N
5500 S Mason Ave — 162 tickets, 9 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 13, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.