Parking at 1550 S Paulina
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 S Paulina. Everything here is from City records — 58,409 parking tickets written across 110 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 Paulina
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 W 18th St alone took 1,266 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 1800 W 18th St — 1,266 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 1700 S Laflin St — 379 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 1800 S Damen Ave — 313 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1800 S Laflin St — 827 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 1700 W 17th St — 775 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 1600 W 21st St — 750 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 1300 W 16th St — 653 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 1800 W 19th St — 622 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 1800 S Wood St — 570 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 1400 W 17th St — 489 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 1600 S Paulina St — 253 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 1100 S Ashland Ave — 222 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 1800 S Blue Island Ave — 6,089 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 1500 W 18th St — 5,905 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 1700 W 18th St — 4,125 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 1200 S Ashland — 77 tickets, 6 min walk NE
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.