Chicago parking by block · Garfield Ridge · Ward 23

Parking at 5550 W 52nd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 W 52nd St. Everything here is from City records — 4,760 parking tickets written across 83 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, November 13

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 2201

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 23, section 7. 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 W 52nd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 S Lorel Ave alone took 184 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,085 tickets

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

5200 S Lorel Ave — 184 tickets, 6 min walk E
5100 S Laramie Ave — 112 tickets, 10 min walk E
5200 S Long Ave — 88 tickets, 5 min walk E

Permit zones1,127 tickets

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

5400 S Menard Ave — 233 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5200 S Lockwood Ave — 166 tickets, 7 min walk E
5200 S Parkside Ave — 143 tickets, 2 min walk SW

City sticker checks40 tickets

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

5300 S Monitor Ave — 40 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Plate checks1,379 tickets

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

5400 S Lockwood Ave — 116 tickets, 10 min walk SE
5400 S Luna Ave — 111 tickets, 6 min walk S
5100 S Luna Ave — 102 tickets, 1 min walk NE

Posted restrictions397 tickets

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

5700 S Archer Ave — 279 tickets, 8 min walk E
5600 S Archer Ave — 65 tickets, 9 min walk E
5900 S Archer Ave — 53 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Other enforcement75 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

5600 W 55th St — 75 tickets, 8 min walk S

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 2201 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.

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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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.