Parking at 550 N Menard Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 N Menard Ave. Everything here is from City records — 15,354 parking tickets written across 109 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 29, section 5. 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 Menard Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 500 N Pine Ave alone took 308 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 500 N Pine Ave — 308 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 800 N Waller Ave — 273 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 300 N Menard Ave — 272 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 5900 W Superior St — 622 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 5900 W Midway Park — 566 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 5900 W Fulton St — 541 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 300 N Pine — 657 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 200 N Mason Ave — 295 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 5900 W Ohio St — 241 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 700 N Austin Blvd — 357 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 5500 W Fulton — 342 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 300 N Austin Blvd — 97 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 300 N Central Ave — 77 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 5500 W Chicago — 44 tickets, 8 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 466 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
- 5615 W Lake St — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
- 5607 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
- 804 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
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 4 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 29, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.