Parking at 550 N May St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 N May St. Everything here is from City records — 94,145 parking tickets written across 166 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 27, section 8. 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 May St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 W Ohio St alone took 429 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 1400 W Ohio St — 429 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 1400 W Erie St — 411 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 1300 W Erie St — 349 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 900 W Huron St — 929 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 400 N Aberdeen St — 830 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 600 N Peoria St — 703 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 100 N May St — 997 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 1100 W Hubbard St — 765 tickets, 2 min walk S
- 600 N May St — 630 tickets, 2 min walk N
- 300 N Green St — 1,236 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 400 N Peoria — 981 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 1100 W Lake St — 666 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 800 W Wayman St — 5,037 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 900 W Fulton Market — 4,735 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 100 N Carpenter St — 4,400 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 400 N Sangamon St — 1,134 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 900 W Superior St — 645 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 400 N May St — 552 tickets, 3 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1455 W Grand Ave — speed camera, 9 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 1 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 27, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.