Chicago parking by block · Edgewater · Ward 48

Parking at 1550 W Ardmore Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 W Ardmore Ave. Everything here is from City records — 27,203 parking tickets written across 121 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
5885 N Ridge Ave (1 min walk) · 5921 N Clark St (2 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 48, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
21
Tue
Apr
22
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 1550 W Ardmore Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 W Elmdale Ave alone took 300 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,743 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,343 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks457 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions610 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks11,922 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5885 N Ridge Ave — speed camera, 1 min walk N
  • 5921 N Clark St — red-light camera, 2 min walk NW
  • 5970 N Clark St — red-light camera, 3 min walk NW
  • 5857 N Broadway — speed camera, 9 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 4 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.
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 48, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.