Parking at 5850 S Washtenaw Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 S Washtenaw Ave. Everything here is from City records — 22,089 parking tickets written across 141 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 15, section 6. 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 Washtenaw Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3000 W 59th St alone took 389 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 3000 W 59th St — 389 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 2900 W 59th St — 343 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 5900 S Sacramento Ave — 280 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 5500 S Fairfield Ave — 372 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 5500 S Washtenaw Ave — 274 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 5600 S Mozart St — 245 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 3000 W 60th St — 302 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 5900 S Rockwell St — 251 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 2900 W 60th St — 251 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 2600 W 55th St — 226 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 5800 S California Ave — 205 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 6200 S Washtenaw Ave — 164 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 2700 W 55th St — 482 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 6200 S Rockwell St — 325 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 5500 S Mozart St — 176 tickets, 8 min walk NW
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.
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 15, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.