Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 23

Parking at 6050 S Central Park Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6000–6099 S Central Park Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,533 parking tickets written across 101 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

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 23, section 17. 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 Central Park Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 W 59th St alone took 354 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,447 tickets

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

3700 W 59th St — 354 tickets, 5 min walk NW
3500 W 59th St — 343 tickets, 3 min walk N
3400 W 59th St — 294 tickets, 5 min walk NE

Permit zones1,005 tickets

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

3300 W 62nd St — 654 tickets, 8 min walk SE
5900 S Sawyer Ave — 218 tickets, 9 min walk E
5800 S Christiana Ave — 133 tickets, 7 min walk NE

City sticker checks44 tickets

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

6000 S Hamlin Ave — 44 tickets, 5 min walk W

Plate checks8,927 tickets

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

3500 W 63rd Pl — 465 tickets, 8 min walk S
3400 W 63rd St — 404 tickets, 9 min walk SE
3200 W 61st Pl — 377 tickets, 8 min walk E

Posted restrictions638 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

3800 W 62nd St — 374 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5800 S Trumbull Ave — 98 tickets, 6 min walk NE
6000 S Kedzie Ave — 91 tickets, 10 min walk E

Metered blocks2,274 tickets

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

3300 W 63rd St — 1,682 tickets, 9 min walk SE
6200 S Spaulding Ave — 390 tickets, 10 min walk SE
6200 S Homan Ave — 202 tickets, 7 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.

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 23, section 17. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.