Chicago parking by block · West Englewood · Ward 16

Parking at 6150 S Throop St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6100–6199 S Throop St. Everything here is from City records — 8,734 parking tickets written across 127 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 16, section 15. 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 6150 S Throop St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6000 S Loomis Blvd alone took 131 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning924 tickets

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

6000 S Loomis Blvd — 131 tickets, 3 min walk NW
5900 S Carpenter St — 97 tickets, 9 min walk NE
6100 S Ada St — 84 tickets, 1 min walk W

Permit zones170 tickets

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

6300 S Justine St — 170 tickets, 8 min walk SW

City sticker checks568 tickets

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

6000 S Throop St — 125 tickets, 3 min walk N
6400 S Laflin St — 116 tickets, 9 min walk SW
6200 S May St — 110 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Plate checks5,741 tickets

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

6300 S Throop St — 282 tickets, 5 min walk S
6100 S Laflin St — 230 tickets, 5 min walk W
5900 S Elizabeth — 194 tickets, 5 min walk N

Posted restrictions307 tickets

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

1100 W 63rd St — 176 tickets, 6 min walk SE
6300 S Racine Ave — 131 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Other enforcement224 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1200 W 63rd St — 149 tickets, 4 min walk S
6200 S Racine — 75 tickets, 4 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 16, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.