Chicago parking by block · Woodlawn · Ward 5

Parking at 6050 S Blackstone

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6000–6099 S Blackstone. Everything here is from City records — 14,001 parking tickets written across 80 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 15

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 5, section 11. 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 6050 S Blackstone

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1500 E 61st St alone took 305 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,954 tickets

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

1500 E 61st St — 305 tickets, 3 min walk E
5700 S Blackstone Ave — 264 tickets, 9 min walk N
6400 S Kenwood Ave — 253 tickets, 10 min walk S

Permit zones3,111 tickets

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

6100 S Kimbark Ave — 854 tickets, 5 min walk SW
6100 S Woodlawn Ave — 552 tickets, 6 min walk W
6100 S University Ave — 531 tickets, 8 min walk W

City sticker checks217 tickets

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

6300 S Woodlawn Ave — 112 tickets, 10 min walk SW
6300 S University — 105 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Plate checks4,237 tickets

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

1100 E 62nd St — 385 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1500 E 62nd St — 354 tickets, 4 min walk SE
6200 S Dorchester Ave — 351 tickets, 4 min walk S

Posted restrictions164 tickets

Loading zone enforcement. Not a spot to leave a private car.

1200 E 58th St — 110 tickets, 9 min walk NW
5800 S Stony Island Ave — 54 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Metered blocks1,421 tickets

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

1400 E 57th St — 971 tickets, 10 min walk N
1400 E 59th St — 272 tickets, 5 min walk N
1600 E Hayes Dr — 178 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Other enforcement668 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1500 E Midway Plaisance — 235 tickets, 4 min walk NE
1400 E Midway Plaisance — 203 tickets, 3 min walk N
1500 E 60th St — 131 tickets, 3 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 5, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.