Parking at 5550 N Avondale
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 N Avondale. Everything here is from City records — 4,155 parking tickets written across 122 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 45, section 11. 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 Avondale
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 N Monitor Ave alone took 97 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 5400 N Monitor Ave — 97 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 5600 N Meade Ave — 88 tickets, 4 min walk NE
- 5300 N Nashville Ave — 83 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 5600 N Northcott — 68 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 5500 N Mcvicker Ave — 51 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 5500 N Northwest Hwy — 138 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 5500 N Austin Ave — 116 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 5600 N Mason Ave — 108 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 5800 N Nagle Ave — 43 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 6500 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 120 tickets, 10 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6510 W Bryn Mawr Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk W
- 6020 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SE
- 6378 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
- 5155 N Nagle Ave — 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 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.
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 45, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.