Chicago parking by block · West Englewood · Ward 16

Parking at 6550 S Seeley Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6500–6599 S Seeley Ave. Everything here is from City records — 8,652 parking tickets written across 120 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
6309 S Damen Ave (6 min walk) · 6274 S Damen Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 16, section 12. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
1
Fri
May
4
Mon
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri

Streets to watch near 6550 S Seeley Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6400 S Honore St alone took 192 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,118 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones376 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks457 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks4,747 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions135 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Other enforcement64 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 6309 S Damen Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk N
  • 6274 S Damen Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk N
  • 2380 W Marquette Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
  • 6678 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk W

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 4 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.
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 16, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.