Parking at 5550 N Bernard St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 N Bernard St. Everything here is from City records — 12,292 parking tickets written across 85 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 39, section 9. 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 Bernard St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 N Sawyer Ave alone took 188 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
- 5400 N Sawyer Ave — 188 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3200 W Balmoral Ave — 185 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3400 W Hollywood Ave — 159 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 5600 N Bernard St — 278 tickets, 2 min walk N
- 5500 N St Louis Ave — 213 tickets, 1 min walk W
- 5600 N St Louis Ave — 188 tickets, 3 min walk NW
- 5700 N Christiana — 220 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 5800 N Bernard — 171 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 5200 N Spaulding Ave — 145 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5700 N Spaulding Ave — 254 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 3200 W Olive Ave — 231 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 5500 N Christiana Ave — 199 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 3200 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,336 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 3300 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,070 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 5500 N Spaulding Ave — 483 tickets, 4 min walk E
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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 39, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.