Chicago parking by address · Near West Side · Ward 28

Parking at 1550 W Taylor St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 W Taylor St. Everything here is from City records — 83,089 parking tickets written across 134 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 5
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
812 S Racine Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 28, section 2. 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
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jun
5
Fri
Jun
8
Mon
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Sep
30
Wed
Oct
1
Thu
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 1550 W Taylor St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1100 W Taylor St alone took 1,000 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,092 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1100 W Taylor St — 1,000 tickets, 9 min walk E
  • 800 S Loomis St — 762 tickets, 4 min walk NE
  • 700 S Loomis St — 737 tickets, 6 min walk NE
Permit zones11,991 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1400 W Fillmore St — 1,215 tickets, 2 min walk SE
  • 1400 W Flournoy St — 909 tickets, 6 min walk N
  • 1500 W Polk St — 781 tickets, 3 min walk N
Plate checks3,496 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 800 S Lytle St — 426 tickets, 8 min walk E
  • 1100 S Throop St — 408 tickets, 7 min walk E
  • 1000 S Lytle St — 346 tickets, 8 min walk E
Posted restrictions13,800 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1100 S Wood — 3,284 tickets, 7 min walk W
  • 1800 W Taylor — 1,768 tickets, 8 min walk W
  • 800 S Paulina — 1,342 tickets, 5 min walk NW
Metered blocks45,260 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1400 W Taylor St — 7,150 tickets, 3 min walk E
  • 1300 W Taylor St — 5,099 tickets, 5 min walk E
  • 1000 S Hermitage Ave — 4,393 tickets, 5 min walk W
Other enforcement2,995 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 900 S Paulina — 1,139 tickets, 4 min walk W
  • 600 S Paulina St — 1,060 tickets, 7 min walk NW
  • 700 S Paulina St — 532 tickets, 6 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 812 S Racine Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk E

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 5 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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.
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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 28, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.