Chicago parking by block · Clearing · Ward 13

Parking at 5950 S Massasoit

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 S Massasoit. Everything here is from City records — 5,598 parking tickets written across 90 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
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 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
Jul
13
Mon
Jul
14
Tue
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue

Streets to watch near 5950 S Massasoit

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 W 62nd St alone took 96 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning426 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones59 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,325 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.