Parking at 5550 N Kostner
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 N Kostner. Everything here is from City records — 694 parking tickets written across 27 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 39, section 7. 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 Kostner
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 5100 N Lowell Ave alone took 114 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 5100 N Lowell Ave — 114 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 5100 N Kildare Ave — 81 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 5100 N Tripp Ave — 55 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5100 N Kilbourn Ave — 46 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 5600 N Karlov Ave — 44 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4124 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SE
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.
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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.