Parking at 6250 W 51st
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6200–6299 W 51st. Everything here is from City records — 2,129 parking tickets written across 60 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 23, section 4. 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 W 51st
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5100 S Meade Ave alone took 73 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
- 5100 S Meade Ave — 73 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 5300 S Merrimac Ave — 66 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 5300 S Meade Ave — 60 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 5400 S Narragansett Ave — 129 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 5300 S Austin Ave — 90 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 5100 S Mulligan Ave — 41 tickets, 2 min walk SW
- 5300 S Narragansett Ave — 82 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 5200 S Moody Ave — 66 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 5100 S Mason Ave — 64 tickets, 8 min walk E
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 35 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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 23, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.