Chicago parking by block · Dunning · Ward 38

Parking at 6950 W Forest Preserve

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6900–6999 W Forest Preserve. Everything here is from City records — 798 parking tickets written across 21 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Sep
30
Wed
Oct
1
Thu

Streets to watch near 6950 W Forest Preserve

plate checks is the thing to watch around here: 3900 N Newland Ave alone took 124 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Plate checks632 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

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 38, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.