Parking at 1550 N Lake Shore Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 N Lake Shore Dr. Everything here is from City records — 42,847 parking tickets written across 51 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 74
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
1635 N LaSalle (7 min walk)
Streets to watch near 1550 N Lake Shore Dr
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 N Astor St alone took 1,350 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
Street cleaning8,735 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1400 N Astor St — 1,350 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 0 E Scott St — 1,134 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 1400 N Dearborn Pkwy — 942 tickets, 6 min walk SW
Permit zones4,706 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1500 N Dearborn Pkwy — 2,192 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 1500 N Astor St — 1,248 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 100 W Schiller St — 900 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Plate checks1,113 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1500 N La Salle St — 575 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 1400 N La Salle St — 245 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 100 W Menomonee St — 213 tickets, 10 min walk NW
Posted restrictions3,078 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 1500 N State Pkwy — 967 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 1600 N Lake Shore Dr — 457 tickets, 1 min walk SW
- 0 E Schiller St — 379 tickets, 6 min walk S
Metered blocks22,390 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1600 N Wells St — 4,676 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 1500 N Wells St — 4,328 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 1700 N Clark St — 3,168 tickets, 8 min walk W
Other enforcement2,661 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 1800 N Stockton — 2,252 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 1700 N Stockton — 409 tickets, 6 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1635 N LaSalle — speed camera, 7 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 74 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.