Parking at 5550 W Congress Pkwy
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 W Congress Pkwy. Everything here is from City records — 10,135 parking tickets written across 76 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 29, section 3. 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 W Congress Pkwy
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 W Jackson Blvd alone took 643 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
- 5500 W Jackson Blvd — 643 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 5500 W Congress Pkwy — 446 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 5500 W Gladys Ave — 406 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 5500 W Adams — 550 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 5500 W Quincy St — 443 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 5300 W Adams St — 348 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 900 S Menard — 94 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 5500 W Monroe St — 431 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 0 S Parkside Ave — 296 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 5200 W Van Buren St — 231 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 5400 W Madison — 221 tickets, 9 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 515 S Central Ave — speed camera, 1 min walk SW
- 506 S Central Ave — speed camera, 2 min walk W
- 5816 W Jackson Blvd — speed camera, 9 min walk NW
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 3 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 29, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.