Parking at 550 W 86th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 W 86th St. Everything here is from City records — 4,374 parking tickets written across 77 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 21, section 20. 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 86th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8500 S Normal Ave alone took 88 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.
- 8500 S Normal Ave — 88 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 8700 S Peoria St — 52 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 8700 S Normal Ave — 43 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 8600 S Lowe Ave — 189 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 8300 S Green St — 174 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 8500 S Parnell Ave — 141 tickets, 1 min walk NE
- 200 W 87th St — 153 tickets, 9 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 8690 S Vincennes Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
- 855 W 87th St — red-light camera, 8 min walk W
- 8740 S Vincennes St — speed camera, 9 min walk SW
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 3 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 21, section 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.