Parking at 550 E Ohio St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 E Ohio St. Everything here is from City records — 119,527 parking tickets written across 50 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
451 E Grand Ave (5 min walk) · 324 E Illinois St (8 min walk)
Streets to watch near 550 E Ohio St
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 400 E North Water St alone took 396 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Permit zones396 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 400 E North Water St — 396 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Plate checks1,811 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 300 E Ontario St — 1,693 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 200 N Lake Shore Dr — 65 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 800 N Lake Shore Dr — 53 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Posted restrictions7,614 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 300 E Wacker Dr — 3,578 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 400 E Illinois St — 925 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 600 E Grand — 769 tickets, 1 min walk SE
Metered blocks109,574 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 200 E Ohio St — 14,941 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 300 E Erie St — 8,871 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 400 N New St — 8,815 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 451 E Grand Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk W
- 324 E Illinois St — speed camera, 8 min walk W
- 489 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
- 498 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
- 449 N Columbus Dr — speed camera, 10 min walk W
- 450 N Columbus Dr — speed camera, 10 min walk W
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 6 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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.