Parking at 6450 S Wells St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6400–6499 S Wells St. Everything here is from City records — 4,028 parking tickets written across 60 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 6, section 26. 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 6450 S Wells St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6300 S Stewart Ave alone took 134 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 6300 S Stewart Ave — 134 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 6600 S Wabash Ave — 92 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 400 W 62nd St — 84 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 6200 S Princeton Ave — 93 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 400 W 61st Pl — 259 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 6400 S Yale Ave — 217 tickets, 1 min walk W
- 6600 S Stewart Ave — 188 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 6600 S State St — 83 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 400 W Marquette Rd — 44 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6250 S State St — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
- 10 E 63rd St — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 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.
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 6, section 26. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.