Parking at 550 W 16th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 W 16th St. Everything here is from City records — 33,800 parking tickets written across 93 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 25, section 10. 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 W 16th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 S Halsted St alone took 556 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 1400 S Halsted St — 556 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 800 W 18th St — 469 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 1700 S Jefferson St — 298 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 900 W 18th Pl — 2,346 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 700 W 17th St — 989 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 1400 S Emerald Ave — 461 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 700 W 19th St — 506 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 1700 S Desplaines St — 414 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 1900 S Peoria St — 292 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 700 W Maxwell — 588 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 1900 S Wells St — 461 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 200 W 19th St — 359 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 2100 S Princeton Ave — 5,664 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 1200 S Clinton St — 4,938 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 1300 S Halsted St — 3,079 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1215 S Canal St — red-light camera, 10 min walk N
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 25, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.