Chicago parking by block · West Lawn · Ward 23

Parking at 6550 S Central Park

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6500–6599 S Central Park. Everything here is from City records — 11,957 parking tickets written across 89 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 13
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 23, section 20. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Aug
4
Tue
Aug
5
Wed
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed

Streets to watch near 6550 S Central Park

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3900 W 66th St alone took 206 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,279 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
City sticker checks100 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks7,412 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Metered blocks1,682 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 23, section 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.