Chicago parking by block · West Town · Ward 1

Parking at 550 N Wood St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 N Wood St. Everything here is from City records — 58,112 parking tickets written across 148 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 168
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
1455 W Grand Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 1, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri
Nov
6
Fri
Nov
9
Mon

Streets to watch near 550 N Wood St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1800 W Rice St alone took 582 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,276 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,210 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks8,339 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions646 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks34,135 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1455 W Grand Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk E

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 168 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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.
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 1, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.