Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 37

Parking at 5550 W Thomas St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 W Thomas St. Everything here is from City records — 16,341 parking tickets written across 142 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, November 10
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
804 N Central Ave (7 min walk) · 5607 W Chicago Ave (8 min walk)

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.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 5550 W Thomas St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W Crystal alone took 425 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,522 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,980 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,111 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions191 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Other enforcement93 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 804 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
  • 5607 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk S

Get warned before it happens

Everything on this page is a deadline or a line on a map. Autopilot America watches both for you — it knows where you parked, and it tells you before the ticket exists.

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Street cleaning on this blockFree
A text the night before every cleaning day here — the next is Tuesday, November 10. Free, no account needed →
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Parking restrictions where you leave the car
The app spots where you parked and checks it: temporary no-parking, permit zones, snow routes, meter time limits. This block isn’t a permit zone, but several nearby are.
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Cameras you’re about to drive past
It says them out loud before you reach one — there are 2 within a short walk of here.
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Your city sticker and plates, on time
Both are deadlines, not driving mistakes. We remind you before each one lapses, with a direct link to renew, so the $200 sticker ticket doesn't catch you out.
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Late fees, handled
A Chicago ticket doubles 25 days after it’s issued. We pay the ones you owe before that clock runs out — and if a ticket doubles on our watch during your paid year, you get the year back.
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The tickets you still get, contested
By mail, where 59% of contested tickets are dismissed, with the City’s own evidence pulled under FOIA.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $10/month or $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 37, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.