Parking at 5550 W Division
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 W Division. Everything here is from City records — 17,329 parking tickets written across 142 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 37, 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 Division
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W Crystal alone took 425 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 5200 W Crystal — 425 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 5200 W Potomac — 360 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 1200 N Lockwood — 299 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 1000 N Parkside Ave — 401 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 5500 W Potomac — 297 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 1100 N Parkside Ave — 293 tickets, 2 min walk W
- 1500 N Central Ave — 91 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 5300 W Hirsch — 347 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 5300 W Crystal — 289 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 1300 N Lorel — 258 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 5900 W Augusta Blvd — 126 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 5600 W Augusta Blvd — 65 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 5600 W Division — 49 tickets, 3 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 804 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk S
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 1 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 37, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.