Chicago parking by block · Near North Side · Ward 42

Parking at 550 N Wabash Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 N Wabash Ave. Everything here is from City records — 551,540 parking tickets written across 164 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 29
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
630 N Michigan Ave (3 min walk) · 142 E Ontario St (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 42, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
14
Tue
Apr
15
Wed
Apr
28
Tue
Apr
29
Wed
May
12
Tue
May
13
Wed
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
30
Thu
Jul
31
Fri
Aug
13
Thu
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
27
Thu
Aug
28
Fri
Sep
15
Tue
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
29
Tue
Sep
30
Wed
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 550 N Wabash Ave

plate checks is the thing to watch around here: 300 E Ontario St alone took 1,693 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Plate checks2,905 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions111,925 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks432,143 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement4,446 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 630 N Michigan Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk NE
  • 142 E Ontario St — red-light camera, 4 min walk NE
  • 498 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
  • 19 E Chicago Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk N
  • 14 W Chicago Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk N
  • 450 N Columbus Dr — speed camera, 7 min walk SE

Get warned before it happens

Everything on this page is a deadline or a line on a map. Autopilot America watches both for you — it knows where you parked, and it tells you before the ticket exists.

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Street cleaning on this blockFree
A text the night before every cleaning day here — the next is Thursday, October 29. Free, no account needed →
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Parking restrictions where you leave the car
The app spots where you parked and checks it: temporary no-parking, permit zones, snow routes, meter time limits. This block isn’t a permit zone, but several nearby are.
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Cameras you’re about to drive past
It says them out loud before you reach one — there are 6 within a short walk of here.
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Your city sticker and plates, on time
Both are deadlines, not driving mistakes. We remind you before each one lapses, with a direct link to renew, so the $200 sticker ticket doesn't catch you out.
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Late fees, handled
A Chicago ticket doubles 25 days after it’s issued. We pay the ones you owe before that clock runs out — and if a ticket doubles on our watch during your paid year, you get the year back.
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The tickets you still get, contested
By mail, where 59% of contested tickets are dismissed, with the City’s own evidence pulled under FOIA.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $10/month or $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 42, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.