Parking at 1550 S Damen
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 S Damen. Everything here is from City records — 32,255 parking tickets written across 84 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 28, section 3. 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 Damen
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2200 W 18th St alone took 1,310 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 2200 W 18th St — 1,310 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1800 W 18th St — 1,266 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 2100 W 18th St — 1,257 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 2000 W 21st St — 1,396 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 2100 W 21st Pl — 1,112 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 1700 W 17th St — 775 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 1900 W 21st St — 693 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 1800 W 19th St — 622 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 1900 W 19th St — 597 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 1900 W Cullerton St — 606 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 2100 S Hoyne Ave — 415 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 1800 S Leavitt St — 332 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 1700 W 18th St — 4,125 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 1800 W Washburne Ave — 1,247 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 1700 S Paulina St — 702 tickets, 8 min walk SE
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 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.