Parking at 5950 S Ada St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 S Ada St. Everything here is from City records — 9,500 parking tickets written across 130 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 16, section 15. 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 5950 S Ada St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5700 S May St alone took 139 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 5700 S May St — 139 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 6000 S Loomis Blvd — 131 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 5600 S May St — 127 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 6000 S Throop St — 125 tickets, 3 min walk SE
- 6200 S May St — 110 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 5900 S Justine — 94 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 5600 S Throop St — 244 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 6100 S Laflin St — 230 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 5700 S Aberdeen — 205 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 1200 W 63rd St — 149 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 6200 S Racine — 75 tickets, 9 min walk SE
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 16, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.