Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Park · Ward 32

Parking at 2550 N Southport Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 N Southport Ave. Everything here is from City records — 37,326 parking tickets written across 133 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 6
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
2443 N Ashland (5 min walk) · 2432 N Ashland Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
15
Wed
Apr
16
Thu
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed

Streets to watch near 2550 N Southport Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2300 N Southport Ave alone took 506 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,254 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,288 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,498 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions493 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks18,595 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2443 N Ashland — speed camera, 5 min walk W
  • 2432 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk W
  • 2404 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
  • 2377 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
  • 2448 Clybourn Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk W

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 5 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 32, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.