Chicago parking by block · West Town · Ward 36

Parking at 550 N Damen Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 N Damen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 42,229 parking tickets written across 141 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

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 36, section 14. 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 N Damen Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 W Rice St alone took 582 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,854 tickets

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

1800 W Rice St — 582 tickets, 9 min walk NE
800 N Leavitt St — 359 tickets, 10 min walk NW
2100 W Rice St — 356 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Permit zones4,412 tickets

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

1700 W Superior St — 745 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1900 W Superior St — 512 tickets, 5 min walk N
2000 W Rice St — 437 tickets, 8 min walk N

Plate checks7,253 tickets

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

1800 W Huron St — 516 tickets, 5 min walk NE
2000 W Huron St — 463 tickets, 4 min walk NW
2100 W Iowa St — 346 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Posted restrictions646 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

1800 W Grand Ave — 309 tickets, 4 min walk E
1600 W Grand Ave — 183 tickets, 8 min walk E
1700 W Grand Ave — 113 tickets, 5 min walk E

Metered blocks23,402 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

1800 W Chicago Ave — 3,967 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1700 W Chicago Ave — 3,402 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1900 W Chicago Ave — 3,318 tickets, 7 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 36, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.