Parking at 6150 W Balmoral
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6100–6199 W Balmoral. Everything here is from City records — 4,077 parking tickets written across 118 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 45, section 11. 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 6150 W Balmoral
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 N Monitor Ave alone took 97 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 5400 N Monitor Ave — 97 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 5600 N Meade Ave — 88 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 5700 N Austin Ave — 77 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 5500 N Menard — 133 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 5100 N Austin Ave — 83 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 5500 N Mcvicker Ave — 51 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 5500 N Northwest Hwy — 138 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 5500 N Austin Ave — 116 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 5400 N Menard Ave — 109 tickets, 9 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6020 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk SE
- 6378 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
- 5155 N Nagle Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
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 3 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 45, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.