Chicago parking by block · Garfield Ridge · Ward 13

Parking at 5850 S Mulligan Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 S Mulligan Ave. Everything here is from City records — 4,253 parking tickets written across 118 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 16

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 5. 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 Mulligan Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6000 S Mcvicker Ave alone took 72 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning342 tickets

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

6000 S Mcvicker Ave — 72 tickets, 9 min walk SE
6100 S Narragansett Ave — 62 tickets, 7 min walk S
6000 S Mulligan Ave — 58 tickets, 5 min walk S

Permit zones879 tickets

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

5600 S Narragansett Ave — 139 tickets, 5 min walk N
5500 S Mobile Ave — 127 tickets, 8 min walk N
6400 W 57th St — 99 tickets, 5 min walk NW

City sticker checks90 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

6200 W 55th St — 90 tickets, 9 min walk N

Plate checks1,369 tickets

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

5500 S Merrimac Ave — 187 tickets, 8 min walk N
6200 S Mulligan Ave — 112 tickets, 10 min walk S
5700 S Moody Ave — 102 tickets, 6 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 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.