Parking at 1550 W Hood Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 W Hood Ave. Everything here is from City records — 34,195 parking tickets written across 137 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 48, section 1. 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 W Hood Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1500 W Arthur Ave alone took 348 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 1500 W Arthur Ave — 348 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 6300 N Wayne Ave — 304 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 1400 W Elmdale Ave — 300 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 6300 N Lakewood Ave — 626 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 6400 N Lakewood Ave — 504 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 6400 N Glenwood Ave — 498 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 6300 N Ravenswood Ave — 356 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 6300 N Hermitage Ave — 267 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 6200 N Ravenswood Ave — 248 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 1900 W Granville Ave — 368 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 1900 W Hood Ave — 332 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 1100 W Glenlake Ave — 329 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 1100 W Granville Ave — 2,443 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 5900 N Broadway — 1,279 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 6200 N Broadway St — 1,182 tickets, 9 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5970 N Clark St — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
- 5921 N Clark St — red-light camera, 6 min walk S
- 5885 N Ridge Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk S
- 1209 W Devon Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk NE
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.
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 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.