Parking at 550 E 61st St
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Parking at this address

550 E 61st St

Ward 20, cleaning section 16 · 14,877 parking tickets were written across 103 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 27
Then Wednesday, October 28. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
1
6330 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr (8 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6100 S Vernon Ave alone took 236 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,005 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 6100 S Vernon Ave — 236, 4 min walk SW
  • 6000 S Eberhart Ave — 206, 2 min walk W
  • 5900 S Calumet Ave — 192, 7 min walk NW
  • 6000 S Prairie Ave — 181, 8 min walk W
  • 6200 S Evans Ave — 171, 6 min walk SE
Permit zones1,334 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 6100 S Drexel Ave — 381, 7 min walk E
  • 6100 S Ingleside Ave — 278, 9 min walk E
  • 900 E 61st St — 263, 10 min walk E
  • 6000 S Drexel Ave — 232, 7 min walk E
  • 6400 S Vernon — 180, 9 min walk S
Plate checks5,595 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 800 E Midway Plaisance — 559, 8 min walk NE
  • 900 E Midway Plaisance — 497, 10 min walk E
  • 6100 S Eberhart Ave — 308, 3 min walk SW
  • 6000 S Indiana Ave — 278, 10 min walk W
  • 6100 S Indiana Ave — 253, 10 min walk W
Posted restrictions2,359 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 5800 S Cottage Grove Ave — 919, 8 min walk NE
  • 5700 S Payne Dr — 591, 9 min walk NE
  • 5800 S Payne Dr — 588, 7 min walk NE
  • 5900 S Payne Dr — 261, 6 min walk NE
Metered blocks1,075 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 800 E 59th St — 1,075, 8 min walk NE

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 20, section 16. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May13Wed
May14Thu
Jul9Thu
Jul10Fri
Sep1Tue
Sep2Wed
Oct27Tue
Oct28Wed

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Tuesday, October 27.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
1 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.