Chicago parking by block · Woodlawn · Ward 20

Parking at 6550 S Vernon

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6500–6599 S Vernon. Everything here is from City records — 9,536 parking tickets written across 85 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1311
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
6330 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr (5 min walk) · 215 E 63rd St (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 20, section 15. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 6550 S Vernon

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6200 S Indiana Ave alone took 301 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,515 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,921 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,400 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions287 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Other enforcement49 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 6330 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — speed camera, 5 min walk N
  • 215 E 63rd St — speed camera, 8 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1311 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 20, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.