Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 37

Parking at 1550 N Keating Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 N Keating Ave. Everything here is from City records — 9,568 parking tickets written across 74 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 11

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4754 W North Ave (1 min walk) · 4801 W North Ave (2 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 37, section 12. 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 1550 N Keating Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5100 W North Ave alone took 261 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,555 tickets

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

5100 W North Ave — 261 tickets, 8 min walk W
4900 W Potomac Ave — 173 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1600 N Lamon Ave — 165 tickets, 5 min walk W

Permit zones3,647 tickets

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

4800 W Wabansia Ave — 677 tickets, 4 min walk NW
4800 W Cortland St — 452 tickets, 9 min walk N
1700 N Keating — 405 tickets, 5 min walk N

City sticker checks73 tickets

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

1600 N Kenton — 73 tickets, 5 min walk NE

Plate checks3,569 tickets

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

4800 W Kamerling Ave — 231 tickets, 6 min walk SW
1400 N Lawler Ave — 224 tickets, 8 min walk W
5100 W Wabansia Ave — 215 tickets, 10 min walk W

Posted restrictions339 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

4700 W Wabansia — 223 tickets, 4 min walk N
4900 W Bloomingdale Ave — 116 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Metered blocks112 tickets

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

4300 W North Ave — 112 tickets, 10 min walk E

Other enforcement49 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4600 W North — 49 tickets, 2 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4754 W North Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk NW
4801 W North Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk W
4413 W North Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
4410 W Grand Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
1591 N Kostner Ave — red-light 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 5 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 37, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.