Parking at 1550 W Grand Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 W Grand Ave. Everything here is from City records — 55,907 parking tickets written across 156 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
1455 W Grand Ave (2 min walk)
Streets to watch near 1550 W Grand Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 W Ohio St alone took 429 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
Street cleaning5,144 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1400 W Ohio St — 429 tickets, 3 min walk NE
- 1400 W Erie St — 411 tickets, 4 min walk NE
- 1300 W Erie St — 349 tickets, 7 min walk NE
Permit zones9,687 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1400 W Huron St — 810 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 1700 W Superior St — 745 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 1500 W Chestnut St — 740 tickets, 10 min walk N
Plate checks13,738 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1400 W Randolph St — 1,298 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 1600 W Superior St — 559 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 1800 W Huron St — 516 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Posted restrictions1,391 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 1400 W Lake St — 375 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 300 N Loomis St — 312 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 1800 W Grand Ave — 309 tickets, 7 min walk W
Metered blocks25,592 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1600 W Chicago Ave — 4,497 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 1800 W Chicago Ave — 3,967 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 1700 W Chicago Ave — 3,402 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1455 W Grand Ave — speed camera, 2 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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.