Parking at 550 E Randolph
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 E Randolph. Everything here is from City records — 38,407 parking tickets written across 47 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?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 550 E Randolph
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 400 E North Water St alone took 396 tickets in three years, a 8 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, 8 min walk NW
Plate checks65 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 200 N Lake Shore Dr — 65 tickets, 2 min walk N
Posted restrictions12,703 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 300 E Randolph — 6,204 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 300 E Wacker Dr — 3,578 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 400 E Illinois St — 925 tickets, 10 min walk N
Metered blocks21,067 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 400 N New St — 8,815 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 300 E North Water St — 3,163 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 200 N Stetson Ave — 2,511 tickets, 10 min walk W
Other enforcement3,877 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 100 N Stetson — 3,641 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 100 N Lake Shore Drive — 186 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 300 N Columbus Dr — 50 tickets, 9 min walk NW
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.
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.