Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 30

Parking at 5550 W Dakin St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 W Dakin St. Everything here is from City records — 10,905 parking tickets written across 130 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 13

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 339

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

Cameras nearby?

5601 W Irving Park Rd (2 min walk) · 4010 N Central Ave (2 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 8. 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 Dakin St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 N Marmora Ave alone took 206 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,774 tickets

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

4100 N Marmora Ave — 206 tickets, 10 min walk NW
3900 N Linder Ave — 200 tickets, 2 min walk E
5400 W Berteau Ave — 171 tickets, 7 min walk N

Permit zones1,690 tickets

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

5300 W Dakin St — 247 tickets, 6 min walk E
5600 W Patterson Ave — 236 tickets, 8 min walk S
5400 W Dakin St — 233 tickets, 3 min walk E

City sticker checks145 tickets

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

5200 W Waveland Ave — 87 tickets, 10 min walk SE
3900 N Laramie Ave — 58 tickets, 9 min walk E

Plate checks3,159 tickets

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

5300 W Cuyler Ave — 157 tickets, 6 min walk NE
4000 N Mason Ave — 156 tickets, 10 min walk W
5300 W Byron St — 144 tickets, 6 min walk E

Posted restrictions701 tickets

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

5700 W Addison St — 277 tickets, 10 min walk SW
5500 W Addison St — 227 tickets, 9 min walk S
5400 W Addison St — 129 tickets, 9 min walk S

Metered blocks775 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

5300 W Irving Park Rd — 599 tickets, 6 min walk E
5900 W Irving Park Rd — 176 tickets, 9 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5601 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 2 min walk NW
4010 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk NW
5454 W Irving Park — speed camera, 2 min walk NE
4123 N Central Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk N
3602 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
5619 W Addison St — red-light camera, 9 min walk S

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 339 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 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 30, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.