Chicago parking by block · West Lawn · Ward 23

Parking at 6450 S Central Park Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6400–6499 S Central Park Ave. Everything here is from City records — 15,607 parking tickets written across 94 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 23, section 19. 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 6450 S Central Park Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3400 W 66th St alone took 185 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,723 tickets

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

3400 W 66th St — 185 tickets, 6 min walk SE
3400 W 65th St — 175 tickets, 5 min walk SE
3300 W 66th Pl — 159 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Permit zones654 tickets

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

3300 W 62nd St — 654 tickets, 9 min walk NE

City sticker checks100 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

3600 W Marquette Rd — 100 tickets, 7 min walk S

Plate checks8,220 tickets

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

3500 W 63rd Pl — 465 tickets, 3 min walk NE
3400 W 63rd St — 404 tickets, 4 min walk NE
3200 W 64th St — 395 tickets, 9 min walk E

Posted restrictions374 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

3800 W 62nd St — 374 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Metered blocks4,129 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

3300 W 63rd St — 1,682 tickets, 7 min walk NE
3200 W 63rd St — 1,232 tickets, 9 min walk E
3900 W 63rd St — 391 tickets, 9 min walk W

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 23, section 19. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.