Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 16

Parking at 6250 S Claremont Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6200–6299 S Claremont Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,011 parking tickets written across 109 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, September 22

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 282

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

Cameras nearby?

6301 S Western Ave (2 min walk) · 2411 W 63rd St (2 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 16, section 11. 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 S Claremont Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6500 S Rockwell St alone took 177 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,571 tickets

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

6500 S Rockwell St — 177 tickets, 10 min walk SW
6500 S Campbell Ave — 163 tickets, 8 min walk SW
6200 S Seeley Ave — 158 tickets, 7 min walk E

Permit zones1,555 tickets

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

6300 S Artesian Ave — 938 tickets, 3 min walk SW
6600 S Claremont Ave — 376 tickets, 10 min walk S
6200 S Claremont Ave — 241 tickets, 1 min walk N

City sticker checks134 tickets

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

6600 S Western Ave — 134 tickets, 10 min walk S

Plate checks6,828 tickets

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

6200 S Artesian Ave — 483 tickets, 3 min walk W
6300 S Maplewood Ave — 289 tickets, 6 min walk SW
5900 S Rockwell St — 251 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Posted restrictions433 tickets

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

6200 S Washtenaw Ave — 164 tickets, 9 min walk W
2100 W 63rd St — 135 tickets, 4 min walk E
6000 S Rockwell St — 134 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Metered blocks4,915 tickets

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

6200 S Western Ave — 1,289 tickets, 1 min walk W
2400 W 63rd St — 1,108 tickets, 3 min walk W
6300 S Campbell Ave — 526 tickets, 4 min walk SW

Other enforcement64 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

6500 S Western — 64 tickets, 7 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

6301 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk SW
2411 W 63rd St — red-light camera, 2 min walk SW
6274 S Damen Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
6309 S Damen Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 282 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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.

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 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.