Chicago parking by address · Edgewater · Ward 40

Parking at 5550 N Clark St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 N Clark St. Everything here is from City records — 48,458 parking tickets written across 133 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, November 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
5885 N Ridge Ave (10 min walk)

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.

May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue

Streets to watch near 5550 N Clark St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1100 W Catalpa Ave alone took 312 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,811 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1100 W Catalpa Ave — 312 tickets, 10 min walk E
  • 1400 W Rascher Ave — 307 tickets, 3 min walk SE
  • 5100 N Ashland Ave — 305 tickets, 8 min walk S
Permit zones791 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1600 W Hollywood Ave — 352 tickets, 5 min walk NW
  • 1600 W Edgewater Ave — 292 tickets, 6 min walk NW
  • 1600 W Rosehill Dr — 96 tickets, 7 min walk NW
Plate checks1,862 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1400 W Winona St — 318 tickets, 9 min walk S
  • 1600 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 129 tickets, 5 min walk NW
  • 5300 N Paulina St — 124 tickets, 6 min walk SW
Metered blocks34,784 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 5300 N Clark St — 4,039 tickets, 5 min walk S
  • 5200 N Clark St — 3,827 tickets, 7 min walk S
  • 5400 N Clark St — 3,573 tickets, 2 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5885 N Ridge Ave — speed 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 1 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 40, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.