Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 23

Parking at 6550 S St Louis Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6500–6599 S St Louis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 15,982 parking tickets written across 87 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?
2
6313 S Kedzie Ave (9 min walk) · 3154 W 63rd St (10 min 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 St Louis Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6600 S Troy St alone took 408 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,157 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones931 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks209 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks7,223 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions643 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks4,451 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 6313 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
  • 3154 W 63rd St — red-light camera, 10 min walk NE

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 2 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 23, section 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.