Chicago parking by block · Gage Park · Ward 14

Parking at 5850 S Whipple St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 S Whipple St. Everything here is from City records — 31,939 parking tickets written across 149 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 13

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 1232

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

5532 S Kedzie Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 14, section 14. 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 Whipple St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6100 S Sacramento Ave alone took 504 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,769 tickets

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

6100 S Sacramento Ave — 504 tickets, 7 min walk S
6200 S Sacramento Ave — 497 tickets, 10 min walk S
3000 W 59th St — 389 tickets, 1 min walk SW

Permit zones5,604 tickets

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

6200 S Whipple St — 473 tickets, 10 min walk S
5900 S Troy St — 464 tickets, 3 min walk SW
3100 W 56th St — 464 tickets, 8 min walk NW

City sticker checks147 tickets

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

5500 S Richmond St — 147 tickets, 9 min walk N

Plate checks8,673 tickets

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

3100 W 61st St — 525 tickets, 7 min walk SW
6000 S Troy St — 410 tickets, 5 min walk SW
5600 S Albany Ave — 388 tickets, 6 min walk N

Posted restrictions4,078 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

6100 S Troy St — 499 tickets, 7 min walk S
3000 W 55th St — 473 tickets, 10 min walk N
6100 S Whipple St — 449 tickets, 7 min walk S

Metered blocks1,668 tickets

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

6200 S Troy St — 706 tickets, 10 min walk S
6200 S Albany Ave — 589 tickets, 10 min walk S
6200 S Kedzie Ave — 197 tickets, 10 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5532 S Kedzie Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1232 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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.

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 14, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.