Parking at 3550 W Fifth Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 W Fifth Ave. Everything here is from City records — 18,050 parking tickets written across 120 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 28, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 3550 W Fifth Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 W Adams St alone took 409 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
- 3500 W Adams St — 409 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 3900 W Gladys Ave — 342 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 3900 W Congress Pkwy — 332 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 3800 W Van Buren St — 462 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 3500 W Polk St — 388 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 3300 W Van Buren — 388 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 300 S Spaulding — 55 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 3300 W Arthington St — 511 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 3600 W Polk St — 458 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 3800 W Monroe — 363 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 3300 W Madison St — 214 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 900 S Lawndale — 210 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 100 S Central Park — 65 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 3800 W Madison Street — 1,546 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 3700 W Arthington — 503 tickets, 9 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3655 W Jackson Blvd — speed camera, 4 min walk NW
- 3646 W Madison St — speed camera, 8 min walk NW
- 11 S Hamlin Blvd — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
- 324 S Kedzie Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk E
- 3801 W Madison St — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
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.
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 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.