Parking at 6850 W Carmen Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6800–6899 W Carmen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 2,263 parking tickets written across 96 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 41, section 23. 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 Carmen Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7100 W Strong St alone took 48 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 7100 W Strong St — 48 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 7100 W Summerdale Ave — 158 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 5400 N Sayre Ave — 94 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 5400 N Nordica Ave — 58 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 7100 W Foster — 174 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 5300 N Normandy Ave — 66 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 6500 W Higgins Ave — 66 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6824 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk N
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 1 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.
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 41, section 23. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.