Parking at 2850 W 55th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2800–2899 W 55th St. Everything here is from City records — 25,643 parking tickets written across 138 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1586
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
2513 W 55th St (8 min walk) · 5452 S Kedzie Ave (9 min walk)
Streets to watch near 2850 W 55th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3000 W 54th St alone took 346 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
Street cleaning5,918 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3000 W 54th St — 346 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 5500 S Albany Ave — 251 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 2500 W 56th St — 201 tickets, 7 min walk E
Permit zones6,695 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3100 W 53rd St — 677 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 3000 W 53rd St — 627 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 3100 W 56th St — 464 tickets, 9 min walk W
City sticker checks147 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 5500 S Richmond St — 147 tickets, 3 min walk SW
Plate checks7,800 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3100 W 54th St — 524 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 5600 S Albany Ave — 388 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 3200 W 54th St — 340 tickets, 10 min walk W
Posted restrictions3,457 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 3000 W 55th St — 473 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 5600 S Kedzie Ave — 345 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 3100 W 55th St — 331 tickets, 8 min walk W
Metered blocks1,614 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2800 W 55th St — 811 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 2700 W 55th St — 482 tickets, 2 min walk E
- 5500 S Mozart St — 176 tickets, 2 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2513 W 55th St — speed camera, 8 min walk E
- 5452 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
- 5532 S Kedzie Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk W
- 3209 W 55th St — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
- 3212 W 55th St — speed camera, 10 min walk W
- 3217 W 55th St — speed camera, 10 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1586 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.