Chicago parking by block · Jefferson Park · Ward 45

Parking at 5550 N Linder Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 N Linder Ave. Everything here is from City records — 4,530 parking tickets written across 100 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1421
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
5
5432 N Central Ave (4 min walk) · 5272 N Central Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, section 17. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jul
31
Fri
Aug
3
Mon
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri

Streets to watch near 5550 N Linder Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 N Central Ave alone took 100 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,042 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones399 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,053 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Metered blocks92 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5432 N Central Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk SW
  • 5272 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
  • �5310 N Milwaukee Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk S
  • 5242 N Northwest Hwy — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
  • 5665 W Foster 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.
  • Zone 1421 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 5 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 45, section 17. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.