Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 40

Parking at 5550 N Damen

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 N Damen. Everything here is from City records — 7,097 parking tickets written across 81 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 5550 N Damen

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1900 W Winona St alone took 329 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,449 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

1900 W Winona St — 329 tickets, 10 min walk S
1600 W Olive Ave — 226 tickets, 10 min walk E
1900 W Farragut Ave — 198 tickets, 7 min walk S

Permit zones403 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

1600 W Hollywood Ave — 352 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1700 W Olive Ave — 51 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Plate checks1,829 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

5100 N Winchester Ave — 199 tickets, 9 min walk S
1600 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 129 tickets, 7 min walk E
5300 N Paulina St — 124 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Other enforcement49 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2100 W Foster Ave — 49 tickets, 9 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.