Chicago parking by block · Douglas · Ward 4

Parking at 550 E 38th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 E 38th St. Everything here is from City records — 16,411 parking tickets written across 104 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, October 19

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 4, section 10. 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 550 E 38th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 400 E 35th St alone took 542 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,653 tickets

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

400 E 35th St — 542 tickets, 9 min walk N
3900 S Indiana Ave — 488 tickets, 9 min walk W
400 E 41st St — 353 tickets, 6 min walk S

Permit zones467 tickets

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

3800 S Giles Ave — 251 tickets, 7 min walk W
3900 S Prairie Ave — 216 tickets, 8 min walk W

Plate checks10,129 tickets

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

3500 S Rhodes Ave — 1,852 tickets, 5 min walk N
3900 S Lake Park Ave — 659 tickets, 10 min walk E
500 E Browning Ave — 637 tickets, 7 min walk N

Posted restrictions59 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

3800 S Prairie Ave — 59 tickets, 8 min walk W

Other enforcement596 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 S Rhodes Ave — 596 tickets, 9 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.

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 4, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.