Chicago parking by block · West Lawn · Ward 13

Parking at 6250 S Kenneth Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6200–6299 S Kenneth Ave. Everything here is from City records — 13,386 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, November 10

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 13, section 24. 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 Kenneth Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6300 S Karlov Ave alone took 237 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,416 tickets

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

6300 S Karlov Ave — 237 tickets, 9 min walk E
6200 S Knox Ave — 134 tickets, 5 min walk W
6200 S Kolin Ave — 133 tickets, 3 min walk E

Permit zones5,437 tickets

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

4500 W 59th St — 975 tickets, 10 min walk N
5900 S Kolmar Ave — 426 tickets, 9 min walk N
6100 S Kolmar Ave — 342 tickets, 4 min walk NW

City sticker checks112 tickets

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

6000 S Kolin Ave — 66 tickets, 6 min walk NE
6100 S Kedvale Ave — 46 tickets, 8 min walk E

Plate checks4,186 tickets

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

6200 S Karlov Ave — 223 tickets, 9 min walk E
6100 S Kildare Ave — 218 tickets, 5 min walk NE
6200 S Tripp Ave — 201 tickets, 5 min walk E

Posted restrictions836 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

6200 S Kedvale Ave — 230 tickets, 8 min walk E
4200 W 63rd St — 136 tickets, 6 min walk E
4300 W 63rd St — 116 tickets, 3 min walk E

Metered blocks754 tickets

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

4000 W 63rd St — 622 tickets, 9 min walk E
4400 W 59th St — 132 tickets, 10 min walk N

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 13, section 24. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.