Parking at 5550 N Ashland Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 N Ashland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 43,469 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 40, section 5. 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 5550 N Ashland Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 W Rascher Ave alone took 307 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
- 1400 W Rascher Ave — 307 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 5100 N Ashland Ave — 305 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 5600 N Wayne Ave — 296 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 1600 W Hollywood Ave — 352 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 1600 W Edgewater Ave — 292 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 1600 W Rosehill Dr — 96 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 1600 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 129 tickets, 4 min walk NW
- 5300 N Paulina St — 124 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 1600 W Berwyn Ave — 124 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 5300 N Clark St — 4,039 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 5200 N Clark St — 3,827 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 5400 N Clark St — 3,573 tickets, 3 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5885 N Ridge Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk N
- 5921 N Clark 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 2 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 40, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.