Chicago parking by block · Woodlawn · Ward 20

Parking at 650 E 60th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 600–699 E 60th St. Everything here is from City records — 25,302 parking tickets written across 105 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 27
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
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 16. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 650 E 60th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6100 S Vernon Ave alone took 236 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,964 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,450 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks6,808 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions5,413 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks7,149 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement142 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

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 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.