Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 14

Parking at 3550 W 59th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 W 59th St. Everything here is from City records — 14,885 parking tickets written across 104 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 15

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 14, section 15. 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 3550 W 59th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 W 59th St alone took 354 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,028 tickets

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

3700 W 59th St — 354 tickets, 5 min walk W
3500 W 59th St — 343 tickets, 1 min walk N
3400 W 59th St — 294 tickets, 3 min walk E

Permit zones1,874 tickets

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

3300 W 62nd St — 654 tickets, 9 min walk SE
5600 S Spaulding Ave — 349 tickets, 9 min walk NE
5500 S Homan Ave — 246 tickets, 10 min walk NE

City sticker checks164 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

3700 W 56th St — 120 tickets, 8 min walk NW
6000 S Hamlin Ave — 44 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Plate checks7,432 tickets

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

3200 W 61st Pl — 377 tickets, 9 min walk SE
3300 W 61st Pl — 287 tickets, 7 min walk SE
3600 W 62nd St — 241 tickets, 9 min walk S

Posted restrictions988 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

5700 S Kedzie Ave — 338 tickets, 10 min walk NE
5900 S Kedzie Ave — 232 tickets, 9 min walk E
5800 S Kedzie Ave — 154 tickets, 9 min walk E

Metered blocks202 tickets

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

6200 S Homan Ave — 202 tickets, 9 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 14, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.