Chicago parking by block · Forest Glen · Ward 39

Parking at 6350 N Minnehaha Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6300–6399 N Minnehaha Ave. Everything here is from City records — 1,723 parking tickets written across 29 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 215
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
6616 N Central Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, section 15. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
25
Tue
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri

Streets to watch near 6350 N Minnehaha Ave

permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 6400 N Algonquin Ave alone took 44 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Permit zones44 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks65 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Metered blocks1,333 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 6616 N Central Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 215 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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 39, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.