Chicago parking by block · Woodlawn · Ward 20

Parking at 750 E 61st St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 700–799 E 61st St. Everything here is from City records — 23,921 parking tickets written across 111 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 27

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 20, section 16. 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 750 E 61st St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6100 S Vernon Ave alone took 236 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,634 tickets

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

6100 S Vernon Ave — 236 tickets, 7 min walk W
6200 S Greenwood Ave — 228 tickets, 9 min walk E
6000 S Eberhart Ave — 206 tickets, 6 min walk W

Permit zones1,955 tickets

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

6100 S Drexel Ave — 381 tickets, 4 min walk E
6100 S Greenwood Ave — 308 tickets, 9 min walk E
6100 S Ellis Ave — 296 tickets, 7 min walk E

Plate checks8,127 tickets

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

5700 S Drexel Ave — 1,133 tickets, 10 min walk NE
5700 S Cottage Grove Ave — 956 tickets, 9 min walk N
800 E Midway Plaisance — 559 tickets, 5 min walk NE

Posted restrictions2,402 tickets

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

5800 S Cottage Grove Ave — 919 tickets, 7 min walk N
5700 S Payne Dr — 591 tickets, 9 min walk N
5800 S Payne Dr — 588 tickets, 6 min walk N

Metered blocks7,149 tickets

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

5800 S Ellis Ave — 3,336 tickets, 9 min walk NE
900 E 59th St — 2,738 tickets, 8 min walk NE
800 E 59th St — 1,075 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Other enforcement292 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1000 E 59th St — 150 tickets, 9 min walk NE
400 E 63rd Street — 49 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5800 S Russell Dr — 48 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 20, section 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.