Chicago parking by block · Dunning · Ward 30

Parking at 6250 W Melrose St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6200–6299 W Melrose St. Everything here is from City records — 10,312 parking tickets written across 133 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, October 21
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 2013
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
3115 N Narragansett Ave (5 min walk) · 3116 N Narragansett Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Jul
27
Mon
Jul
28
Tue
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu

Streets to watch near 6250 W Melrose St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 N Narragansett Ave alone took 151 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,737 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,783 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks114 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks2,358 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions277 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks344 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement107 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3115 N Narragansett Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk SW
  • 3116 N Narragansett Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk SW
  • 6443 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk W
  • 6514 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk W

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 2013 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 30, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.