Parking at 1550 S Central Park Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 S Central Park Ave. Everything here is from City records — 18,155 parking tickets written across 135 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 24, section 7. 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 Central Park Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 S Springfield Ave alone took 289 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 1800 S Springfield Ave — 289 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1800 S St Louis Ave — 287 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 1800 S Central Park Ave — 280 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 2100 S Central Park Ave — 316 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 1900 S Avers Ave — 203 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1600 S Harding Ave — 165 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 3400 W Douglas Blvd — 326 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 1300 S Millard Ave — 303 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 3200 W Douglas Blvd — 299 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3314 W 16th St — speed camera, 7 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 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.
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 24, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.