Parking at 6050 S Damen Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6000–6099 S Damen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 6,601 parking tickets written across 90 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 16, section 12. 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 6050 S Damen Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6200 S Honore St alone took 171 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 6200 S Honore St — 171 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 5700 S Honore St — 169 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 6100 S Wolcott Ave — 168 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 6200 S Wood St — 193 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 6200 S Hermitage Ave — 182 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 5800 S Claremont Ave — 180 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 2100 W 63rd St — 135 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6274 S Damen Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk S
- 6309 S Damen Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 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.
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 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.