Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 29

Parking at 6850 W Wabansia Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6800–6899 W Wabansia Ave. Everything here is from City records — 2,629 parking tickets written across 64 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 29, section 11. 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 Wabansia Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 N Natchez Ave alone took 128 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,216 tickets

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

1700 N Natchez Ave — 128 tickets, 9 min walk E
1600 N Normandy Ave — 117 tickets, 5 min walk E
1600 N New England Ave — 107 tickets, 2 min walk S

Permit zones130 tickets

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

1600 N Natchez Ave — 88 tickets, 9 min walk E
1600 N Nashville Ave — 42 tickets, 7 min walk E

Plate checks583 tickets

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

1900 N Natoma Ave — 80 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1900 N Nashville — 74 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1900 N Nordica Ave — 68 tickets, 9 min walk NW

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.

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 29, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.