Chicago parking by block · North Park · Ward 50

Parking at 6250 N Drake Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6200–6299 N Drake Ave. Everything here is from City records — 2,642 parking tickets written across 68 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, October 19

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 50, section 14. 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 6250 N Drake Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6200 N Kedzie Ave alone took 131 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning786 tickets

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

6200 N Kedzie Ave — 131 tickets, 9 min walk E
3100 W Rosemont Ave — 116 tickets, 9 min walk E
6300 N Kedzie Ave — 103 tickets, 9 min walk E

Permit zones168 tickets

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

6300 N Monticello Ave — 93 tickets, 3 min walk NW
6300 N Central Park Ave — 75 tickets, 3 min walk NW

Plate checks706 tickets

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

5800 N Bernard — 171 tickets, 10 min walk S
5900 N Drake Ave — 76 tickets, 7 min walk S
5900 N Central Park Ave — 72 tickets, 8 min walk S

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 50, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.