Parking at 550 N Avers Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 N Avers Ave. Everything here is from City records — 10,290 parking tickets written across 105 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 37, section 15. 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 N Avers Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 700 N Ridgeway alone took 275 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
- 700 N Ridgeway — 275 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 800 N Avers Ave — 187 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 3800 W Maypole Ave — 170 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 800 N Keystone Ave — 489 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 800 N Monticello — 253 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 700 N Monticello Ave — 180 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 400 N Central Park — 47 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 700 N Avers — 315 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 3500 W Fulton — 287 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 300 N Avers — 232 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 200 N Central Park — 46 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 3600 W Lake St — 41 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 700 N Pulaski Rd — 85 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 600 N Harding — 44 tickets, 5 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 732 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 7 min walk NW
- 300 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
- 269 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk S
- 4011 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NW
- 810 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk NW
- 4041 W Chicago Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk NW
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.
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 37, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.