Chicago parking by address · Near West Side · Ward 28

Parking at 550 W Taylor St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 W Taylor St. Everything here is from City records — 80,825 parking tickets written across 99 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
644 Roosevelt Rd (4 min walk) · 1215 S Canal St (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 28, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
Apr
27
Mon
Apr
28
Tue
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Sep
30
Wed
Oct
1
Thu
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 550 W Taylor St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 S Wells St alone took 159 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning159 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1000 S Wells St — 159 tickets, 7 min walk E
Permit zones7,957 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285 tickets, 8 min walk E
  • 800 S Wells St — 1,269 tickets, 7 min walk E
  • 400 S Clinton St — 1,123 tickets, 8 min walk N
Plate checks694 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1100 S Wells St — 525 tickets, 7 min walk E
  • 1200 S Canal Street — 69 tickets, 5 min walk S
  • 1100 S Delano Ct — 59 tickets, 9 min walk E
Posted restrictions4,295 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 600 S Clinton St — 1,240 tickets, 6 min walk N
  • 100 W 9th St — 800 tickets, 9 min walk E
  • 700 W Maxwell — 588 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Metered blocks64,951 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1100 S Canal St — 17,618 tickets, 3 min walk S
  • 500 W Roosevelt Road — 6,301 tickets, 3 min walk S
  • 1200 S Clinton St — 4,938 tickets, 5 min walk S
Other enforcement2,274 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 700 W Polk — 2,111 tickets, 7 min walk NW
  • 700 W Taylor — 163 tickets, 5 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 644 Roosevelt Rd — red-light camera, 4 min walk SE
  • 1215 S Canal St — red-light camera, 4 min walk S
  • 732 W Roosevelt Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk SW
  • 809 W Roosevelt Rd — red-light camera, 8 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 4 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 28, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.