Chicago parking by block · Forest Glen · Ward 45

Parking at 6550 N Caldwell

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6500–6599 N Caldwell. Everything here is from City records — 765 parking tickets written across 20 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, November 4
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 45, section 24. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Jun
5
Fri
Jun
8
Mon
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
5
Thu

Streets to watch near 6550 N Caldwell

permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 6400 N Algonquin Ave alone took 44 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Permit zones44 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Metered blocks522 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

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 45, section 24. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.