Parking at 1550 S Ashland Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 S Ashland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 71,144 parking tickets written across 119 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 28, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 1550 S Ashland Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 W 18th St alone took 1,266 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 1800 W 18th St — 1,266 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 1200 W 16th St — 639 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 1700 S Laflin St — 379 tickets, 3 min walk SE
- 1800 S Throop St — 1,515 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 1600 S Throop St — 1,079 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 1300 W 19th St — 846 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 1200 W 19th St — 732 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 1700 W 21st St — 658 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 1300 W 16th St — 653 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 1400 W 17th St — 489 tickets, 3 min walk SE
- 1900 S Throop St — 381 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 2100 S Paulina St — 284 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 1800 S Blue Island Ave — 6,089 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 1500 W 18th St — 5,905 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 1300 W 18th St — 5,302 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 1500 S Blue Island Ave — 373 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 1200 S Ashland — 77 tickets, 8 min walk N
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.
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 28, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.