Parking at 550 W Lake St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 W Lake St. Everything here is from City records — 235,457 parking tickets written across 166 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
380 W Wacker Dr (4 min walk) · �201 N Upper Wacker Dr (4 min walk)
Streets to watch near 550 W Lake St
plate checks is the thing to watch around here: 300 N Clinton St alone took 1,192 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
Plate checks1,727 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 300 N Clinton St — 1,192 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 500 N Desplaines St — 173 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 600 W Fulton Market — 119 tickets, 5 min walk W
Posted restrictions26,694 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 100 W Kinzie St — 11,297 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 500 W Madison St — 2,897 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 0 N La Salle St — 2,325 tickets, 10 min walk SE
Metered blocks205,118 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 300 W Hubbard St — 9,123 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 400 N Franklin St — 7,430 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 400 N Wells St — 7,075 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Other enforcement1,431 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 0 S Clinton St — 289 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 0 N Canal St — 283 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 100 W Calhoun Pl — 257 tickets, 10 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 380 W Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
- �201 N Upper Wacker Dr — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
- 147 S Desplaines St — speed camera, 9 min walk SW
- 14 N Halsted St — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
- 3 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
- 149 W Kinzie St — red-light camera, 9 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 6 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.