Parking at 550 E 36th
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 E 36th. Everything here is from City records — 16,184 parking tickets written across 88 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 4, section 10. 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 550 E 36th
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 S Indiana Ave alone took 617 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 3600 S Indiana Ave — 617 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 400 E 35th St — 542 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 400 E Oakwood Blvd — 350 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 500 E 32nd St — 635 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 3800 S Giles Ave — 251 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 3500 S Rhodes Ave — 1,852 tickets, 2 min walk W
- 500 E Browning Ave — 637 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 500 E 33rd Pl — 601 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 3400 S Rhodes Ave — 596 tickets, 4 min walk N
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.
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 4, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.