Chicago parking by block · Woodlawn · Ward 20

Parking at 6550 S Ellis Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6500–6599 S Ellis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,607 parking tickets written across 93 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, November 2

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 18. 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 6550 S Ellis Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6600 S Greenwood Ave alone took 286 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,814 tickets

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

6600 S Greenwood Ave — 286 tickets, 2 min walk SE
6400 S Kenwood Ave — 253 tickets, 9 min walk E
6200 S Greenwood Ave — 228 tickets, 8 min walk N

Permit zones1,100 tickets

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

6500 S Ingleside Ave — 440 tickets, 1 min walk W
6200 S University Ave — 235 tickets, 8 min walk NE
6200 S Woodlawn Ave — 228 tickets, 9 min walk NE

City sticker checks412 tickets

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

1100 E 64th St — 195 tickets, 6 min walk NE
6300 S Woodlawn Ave — 112 tickets, 7 min walk NE
6300 S University — 105 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Plate checks8,499 tickets

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

6600 S Kenwood Ave — 463 tickets, 9 min walk E
1100 E 62nd St — 385 tickets, 10 min walk NE
6600 S Drexel Ave — 338 tickets, 3 min walk SW

Posted restrictions430 tickets

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

6600 S Ellis Ave — 345 tickets, 3 min walk S
6400 S University — 85 tickets, 4 min walk NE

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 18. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.