Chicago parking by block · Uptown · Ward 47

Parking at 1550 W Lawrence

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 W Lawrence. Everything here is from City records — 66,962 parking tickets written across 126 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4804 N Ashland Ave (1 min walk) · 1601 W Lawrence Ave (1 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 5. 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 W Lawrence

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 W Wilson Ave alone took 976 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,971 tickets

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

1300 W Wilson Ave — 976 tickets, 8 min walk SE
4400 N Ashland Ave — 797 tickets, 9 min walk S
4500 N Ashland Ave — 691 tickets, 7 min walk S

Permit zones12,276 tickets

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

4700 N Racine Ave — 1,343 tickets, 9 min walk E
1200 W Leland Ave — 1,331 tickets, 9 min walk E
4700 N Magnolia Ave — 1,141 tickets, 8 min walk E

Plate checks4,408 tickets

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

1200 W Winnemac Ave — 367 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1300 W Argyle St — 342 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1400 W Lawrence Ave — 334 tickets, 2 min walk E

Posted restrictions2,241 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

4800 N Magnolia Ave — 863 tickets, 8 min walk E
1200 W Lawrence Ave — 527 tickets, 8 min walk E
1500 W Leland Ave — 284 tickets, 3 min walk SE

Metered blocks33,950 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

4700 N Broadway St — 3,585 tickets, 10 min walk E
5100 N Clark St — 3,390 tickets, 10 min walk N
4800 N Clark St — 2,956 tickets, 2 min walk NE

Other enforcement2,088 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1300 W Lawrence Ave — 439 tickets, 5 min walk E
4600 N Ravenswood Ave — 412 tickets, 7 min walk SW
4500 N Ravenswood Ave — 377 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4804 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk NW
1601 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk W
4716 N Ashland — speed camera, 2 min walk SW

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 3 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 47, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.