Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 40

Parking at 2550 W Rascher

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 W Rascher. Everything here is from City records — 15,673 parking tickets written across 127 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?

5206 N Western Ave (7 min walk) · 2350 W Foster Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 14. 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 2550 W Rascher

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 N Artesian Ave alone took 345 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,925 tickets

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

5500 N Artesian Ave — 345 tickets, 4 min walk NE
5600 N Artesian Ave — 294 tickets, 6 min walk NE
5500 N Campbell Ave — 233 tickets, 3 min walk NE

Permit zones4,207 tickets

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

2700 W Farragut Ave — 534 tickets, 7 min walk SW
2500 W Balmoral — 476 tickets, 1 min walk S
2500 W Catalpa — 310 tickets, 2 min walk NE

Plate checks1,751 tickets

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

2400 W Ardmore Ave — 253 tickets, 10 min walk N
5700 N Western Ave — 178 tickets, 9 min walk NE
5000 N Rockwell St — 172 tickets, 10 min walk S

Posted restrictions1,393 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

5400 N Campbell Ave — 241 tickets, 2 min walk E
5600 N Campbell — 199 tickets, 5 min walk N
2400 W Balmoral — 194 tickets, 4 min walk E

Metered blocks1,778 tickets

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

2700 W Winona St — 565 tickets, 9 min walk SW
5400 N Lincoln Ave — 279 tickets, 1 min walk NE
5600 N Western Ave — 260 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Other enforcement124 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2600 W Foster Ave — 69 tickets, 7 min walk S
2700 W Foster — 55 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5206 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk SE
2350 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE

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 2 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 40, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.