Chicago parking by block · North Lawndale · Ward 24

Parking at 1550 S Ridgeway Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 S Ridgeway Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,700 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, September 22

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 24, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 1550 S Ridgeway Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 S Springfield Ave alone took 289 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,558 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

1800 S Springfield Ave — 289 tickets, 6 min walk SW
1800 S Komensky Ave — 287 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1800 S St Louis Ave — 287 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Permit zones841 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

1200 S Springfield Ave — 405 tickets, 9 min walk NW
1900 S Avers Ave — 203 tickets, 8 min walk S
1600 S Harding Ave — 165 tickets, 5 min walk W

Plate checks3,781 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

3400 W Douglas Blvd — 326 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1300 S Millard Ave — 303 tickets, 4 min walk NE
1500 S Trumbull Ave — 265 tickets, 8 min walk E

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.

The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.

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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 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.