Chicago parking by block · Woodlawn · Ward 20

Parking at 6150 S University Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6100–6199 S University Ave. Everything here is from City records — 23,657 parking tickets written across 109 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 29

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 1433

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 20, 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 6150 S University Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6400 S Kenwood Ave alone took 253 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,756 tickets

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

6400 S Kenwood Ave — 253 tickets, 9 min walk SE
5800 S Woodlawn Ave — 241 tickets, 8 min walk N
6200 S Greenwood Ave — 228 tickets, 3 min walk SW

Permit zones4,758 tickets

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

6100 S Kimbark Ave — 854 tickets, 3 min walk E
6100 S Woodlawn Ave — 552 tickets, 2 min walk E
6100 S University Ave — 531 tickets, 1 min walk N

City sticker checks412 tickets

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

1100 E 64th St — 195 tickets, 5 min walk S
6300 S Woodlawn Ave — 112 tickets, 6 min walk S
6300 S University — 105 tickets, 5 min walk S

Plate checks8,580 tickets

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

800 E Midway Plaisance — 559 tickets, 8 min walk NW
900 E Midway Plaisance — 497 tickets, 7 min walk NW
1100 E 62nd St — 385 tickets, 1 min walk SE

Posted restrictions323 tickets

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

5800 S University Ave — 128 tickets, 8 min walk N
1200 E 58th St — 110 tickets, 10 min walk N
6400 S University — 85 tickets, 7 min walk S

Metered blocks6,074 tickets

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

5800 S Ellis Ave — 3,336 tickets, 9 min walk NW
900 E 59th St — 2,738 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Other enforcement497 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1400 E Midway Plaisance — 203 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1000 E 59th St — 150 tickets, 7 min walk N
1400 E 60th St — 99 tickets, 8 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1433 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 20, section 17. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.