Parking at 6250 S State
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6200–6299 S State. Everything here is from City records — 4,096 parking tickets written across 50 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 20, section 12. 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 6250 S State
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6200 S Indiana Ave alone took 301 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 6200 S Indiana Ave — 301 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 5900 S Wabash Ave — 230 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 5900 S Indiana Ave — 226 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 6200 S Princeton Ave — 93 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 6000 S Indiana Ave — 278 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 6100 S Indiana Ave — 253 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 6200 S Michigan Ave — 227 tickets, 3 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6250 S State St — red-light camera, 1 min walk S
- 10 E 63rd St — red-light camera, 1 min walk S
- 215 E 63rd St — speed camera, 6 min walk E
- 6330 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — speed camera, 10 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.
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 20, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.