Parking at 6850 S May St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6800–6899 S May St. Everything here is from City records — 7,114 parking tickets written across 112 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 16, section 24. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 6850 S May St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6600 S Bishop St alone took 206 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 6600 S Bishop St — 206 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 7000 S Sangamon St — 201 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 7000 S Carpenter St — 153 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 6800 S Laflin St — 56 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 7000 S May St — 41 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 6500 S Peoria St — 236 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 6900 S Green St — 187 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 6900 S Peoria St — 182 tickets, 7 min walk E
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.
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 24. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.