Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 16

Parking at 6250 S Oakley Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6200–6299 S Oakley Ave. Everything here is from City records — 14,948 parking tickets written across 105 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

6301 S Western Ave (3 min walk) · 2411 W 63rd St (3 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 Oakley Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6500 S Campbell Ave alone took 163 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,388 tickets

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

6500 S Campbell Ave — 163 tickets, 9 min walk SW
6200 S Seeley Ave — 158 tickets, 6 min walk E
6500 S Claremont Ave — 147 tickets, 7 min walk S

Permit zones1,555 tickets

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

6300 S Artesian Ave — 938 tickets, 4 min walk SW
6600 S Claremont Ave — 376 tickets, 10 min walk S
6200 S Claremont Ave — 241 tickets, 1 min walk W

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 checks6,032 tickets

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

6200 S Artesian Ave — 483 tickets, 4 min walk W
6300 S Maplewood Ave — 289 tickets, 7 min walk W
6000 S Artesian Ave — 208 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Posted restrictions269 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

2100 W 63rd St — 135 tickets, 3 min walk E
6000 S Rockwell St — 134 tickets, 9 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, 3 min walk W
2400 W 63rd St — 1,108 tickets, 5 min walk W
6300 S Campbell Ave — 526 tickets, 5 min walk W

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, 3 min walk SW
2411 W 63rd St — red-light camera, 3 min walk W
6274 S Damen Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
6309 S Damen Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E

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 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.