Parking at 6850 W 51st
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6800–6899 W 51st. Everything here is from City records — 1,493 parking tickets written across 47 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 23, section 2. 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 W 51st
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 S Normandy Ave alone took 124 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 5400 S Normandy Ave — 124 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 5400 S Newcastle Ave — 107 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 5100 S Oak Park Ave — 69 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 5400 S Oak Park Ave — 86 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 5400 S Rutherford Ave — 84 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 5300 S New England Ave — 78 tickets, 6 min walk S
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 23, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.