Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 30

Parking at 5550 W Eddy St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 W Eddy St. Everything here is from City records — 21,003 parking tickets written across 143 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 15

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 10

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

Cameras nearby?

5619 W Addison St (2 min walk) · 3602 N Central Ave (2 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 9. 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 Eddy St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W Roscoe St alone took 232 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,794 tickets

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

5200 W Roscoe St — 232 tickets, 9 min walk SE
3300 N Lockwood Ave — 230 tickets, 8 min walk SE
3200 N Long Ave — 189 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Permit zones3,340 tickets

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

5400 W Melrose St — 378 tickets, 8 min walk SE
5500 W School St — 356 tickets, 6 min walk S
5200 W Henderson St — 331 tickets, 10 min walk SE

City sticker checks87 tickets

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

5200 W Waveland Ave — 87 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks2,879 tickets

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

5300 W Roscoe St — 227 tickets, 7 min walk SE
3500 N Long Ave — 212 tickets, 4 min walk E
5300 W Newport Ave — 211 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Posted restrictions1,461 tickets

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

5900 W Addison St — 309 tickets, 9 min walk W
5700 W Addison St — 277 tickets, 4 min walk W
5500 W Addison St — 227 tickets, 1 min walk N

Metered blocks6,179 tickets

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

5600 W Belmont Ave — 2,692 tickets, 9 min walk S
5500 W Belmont Ave — 1,608 tickets, 9 min walk S
3200 N Linder Ave — 609 tickets, 8 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5619 W Addison St — red-light camera, 2 min walk NW
3602 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk NW
3206 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
5550 W Belmont Ave — 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 10 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.