Chicago parking by block · Norwood Park · Ward 41

Parking at 6850 W Gregory

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6800–6899 W Gregory. Everything here is from City records — 3,207 parking tickets written across 102 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, October 19

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

6824 W Foster Ave (9 min walk) · 6510 W Bryn Mawr Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 41, section 21. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 6850 W Gregory

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5300 N Nashville Ave alone took 83 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning83 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

5300 N Nashville Ave — 83 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Permit zones775 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

7100 W Summerdale Ave — 158 tickets, 9 min walk SW
5400 N Mont Clare Ave — 129 tickets, 6 min walk W
5400 N Sayre Ave — 94 tickets, 4 min walk SW

City sticker checks44 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

5400 N Normandy Ave — 44 tickets, 6 min walk E

Plate checks214 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

5300 N Normandy Ave — 66 tickets, 8 min walk SE
6500 W Higgins Ave — 66 tickets, 10 min walk SE
6900 W Balmoral Ave — 42 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Posted restrictions329 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

5700 N Natoma Ave — 108 tickets, 8 min walk NE
5500 N Neva Ave — 86 tickets, 7 min walk W
5600 N Natoma Ave — 75 tickets, 7 min walk E

Metered blocks116 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

7100 W Higgins Ave — 116 tickets, 6 min walk W

Other enforcement322 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7100 W Balmoral Ave — 149 tickets, 8 min walk SW
6500 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 120 tickets, 8 min walk E
5500 N Harlem — 53 tickets, 8 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

6824 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk S
6510 W Bryn Mawr Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk E

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 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 41, section 21. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.