Chicago parking by block · Woodlawn · Ward 20

Parking at 6450 S Cottage Grove

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6400–6499 S Cottage Grove. Everything here is from City records — 17,020 parking tickets written across 124 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 23

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 20, section 15. 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 Cottage Grove

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6600 S Greenwood Ave alone took 286 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,419 tickets

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

6600 S Greenwood Ave — 286 tickets, 8 min walk SE
6200 S Greenwood Ave — 228 tickets, 8 min walk NE
6600 S University Ave — 177 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Permit zones4,149 tickets

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

6500 S Vernon — 837 tickets, 9 min walk W
400 E 65th St — 734 tickets, 10 min walk W
6500 S Ingleside Ave — 440 tickets, 5 min walk SE

City sticker checks300 tickets

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

1100 E 64th St — 195 tickets, 8 min walk E
6300 S University — 105 tickets, 9 min walk E

Plate checks8,285 tickets

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

6600 S Drexel Ave — 338 tickets, 6 min walk SE
6600 S Maryland Ave — 299 tickets, 5 min walk S
6600 S Ingleside Ave — 263 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Posted restrictions430 tickets

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

6600 S Ellis Ave — 345 tickets, 7 min walk SE
6400 S University — 85 tickets, 8 min walk E

Other enforcement94 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

400 E 63rd Street — 49 tickets, 9 min walk NW
6000 S Cottage Grove Ave — 45 tickets, 10 min walk N

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 20, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.