Chicago parking by block · Garfield Ridge · Ward 23

Parking at 5550 S Archer Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 S Archer Ave. Everything here is from City records — 6,230 parking tickets written across 95 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 14

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

5207 S Cicero Ave (5 min walk) · 5356 S Archer Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 23, section 10. 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 S Archer Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 S Lorel Ave alone took 184 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,105 tickets

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

5200 S Lorel Ave — 184 tickets, 10 min walk W
5100 S Laramie Ave — 112 tickets, 6 min walk W
4800 S Laporte Ave — 111 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones1,607 tickets

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

5200 S Knox Ave — 183 tickets, 8 min walk E
5200 S Keating Ave — 175 tickets, 6 min walk E
5400 S Latrobe Ave — 171 tickets, 9 min walk SW

City sticker checks225 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

5100 S Knox Ave — 178 tickets, 8 min walk E
5000 W 52nd St — 47 tickets, 2 min walk W

Plate checks1,996 tickets

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

5400 S Laramie Ave — 204 tickets, 8 min walk SW
4900 S Keating Ave — 124 tickets, 9 min walk NE
5100 S Keating Ave — 117 tickets, 6 min walk E

Posted restrictions474 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

5700 S Archer Ave — 279 tickets, 8 min walk W
5400 S Archer Ave — 71 tickets, 1 min walk E
5600 S Archer Ave — 65 tickets, 7 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5207 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk E
5356 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk E

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 2 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 23, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.