Parking at 550 W Vernon Park Pl
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 W Vernon Park Pl. Everything here is from City records — 99,114 parking tickets written across 125 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
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.
Streets to watch near 550 W Vernon Park Pl
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 900 W Van Buren St alone took 596 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 900 W Van Buren St — 596 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 300 S Peoria St — 492 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 800 S Wells St — 1,269 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 400 S Clinton St — 1,123 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 800 W Van Buren St — 557 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 700 W Gladys Ave — 107 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 800 S Halsted — 41 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 600 S Clinton St — 1,240 tickets, 1 min walk NE
- 200 S Franklin St — 522 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 300 S Halsted St — 456 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 1100 S Canal St — 17,618 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 500 W Roosevelt Road — 6,301 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 600 W Roosevelt Rd — 4,361 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 700 W Polk — 2,111 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 400 W Jackson Blvd — 487 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 300 W Jackson Blvd — 337 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 216 S Jefferson St — speed camera, 7 min walk N
- 147 S Desplaines St — speed camera, 9 min walk N
- 644 Roosevelt Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
- 1215 S Canal St — red-light camera, 10 min walk S
- 732 W Roosevelt Rd — red-light camera, 10 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 5 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 28, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.