Chicago parking by block · Woodlawn · Ward 6

Parking at 6850 S Champlain Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6800–6899 S Champlain Ave. Everything here is from City records — 9,309 parking tickets written across 89 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
7082 S South Chicago Ave (7 min walk) · 7050 S Cottage Grove Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri

Streets to watch near 6850 S Champlain Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6600 S Rhodes Ave alone took 171 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,200 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,007 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks217 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks6,181 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions345 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 7082 S South Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk SE
  • 7050 S Cottage Grove Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk SE
  • 441 E 71st St — speed camera, 8 min walk SW
  • 7122 S South Chicago Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SE
  • 819 E 71st St — speed camera, 9 min walk SE

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 5 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 6, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.