Chicago parking by block · Roseland · Ward 9

Parking at 550 E Bishop Ford

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 E Bishop Ford. Everything here is from City records — 3,213 parking tickets written across 58 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

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 9, section 6. 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 Bishop Ford

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9700 S Forest Ave alone took 71 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning135 tickets

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

9700 S Forest Ave — 71 tickets, 8 min walk NW
9800 S Drexel Ave — 64 tickets, 9 min walk E

Permit zones563 tickets

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

9600 S Calumet Ave — 297 tickets, 9 min walk NW
9700 S Calumet Ave — 190 tickets, 7 min walk NW
9800 S Calumet Ave — 76 tickets, 6 min walk W

City sticker checks54 tickets

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

10200 S St Lawrence Ave — 54 tickets, 8 min walk S

Plate checks1,963 tickets

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

9700 S Prairie Ave — 109 tickets, 9 min walk NW
10000 S Vernon Ave — 100 tickets, 4 min walk SW
9800 S Forest Ave — 97 tickets, 7 min walk W

Posted restrictions53 tickets

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

10200 S Cottage Grove — 53 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Other enforcement57 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

500 E 103rd St — 57 tickets, 9 min walk S

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 9, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.