Parking at 5550 N St Louis Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 N St Louis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,183 parking tickets written across 84 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 5550 N St Louis Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 N Sawyer Ave alone took 188 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,342 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 5400 N Sawyer Ave — 188 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 3200 W Balmoral Ave — 185 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 3400 W Hollywood Ave — 159 tickets, 4 min walk NE
Permit zones1,659 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 5600 N Bernard St — 278 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 5500 N St Louis Ave — 213 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 5600 N St Louis Ave — 188 tickets, 2 min walk N
Plate checks3,144 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 5700 N Christiana — 220 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 5800 N Bernard — 171 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 5200 N Spaulding Ave — 145 tickets, 10 min walk SE
Posted restrictions1,452 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 5700 N Spaulding Ave — 254 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 3200 W Olive Ave — 231 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 5500 N Christiana Ave — 199 tickets, 4 min walk E
Metered blocks4,287 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3200 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,336 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 3300 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,070 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 5500 N Spaulding Ave — 483 tickets, 5 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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.