Chicago parking by block · Rogers Park · Ward 49

Parking at 6550 N Ashland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6500–6599 N Ashland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 41,819 parking tickets written across 132 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 11

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 49, section 11. 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 6550 N Ashland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 W North Shore Ave alone took 491 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,638 tickets

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

1700 W North Shore Ave — 491 tickets, 6 min walk NW
6700 N Glenwood Ave — 465 tickets, 6 min walk NE
6900 N Ashland Blvd — 456 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones8,783 tickets

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

6400 N Magnolia Ave — 1,124 tickets, 9 min walk E
1200 W Arthur Ave — 760 tickets, 7 min walk E
1200 W Albion Ave — 701 tickets, 8 min walk E

Plate checks5,540 tickets

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

1600 W Farwell Ave — 550 tickets, 8 min walk N
1200 W Loyola Ave — 428 tickets, 9 min walk E
6700 N Hermitage Ave — 394 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Posted restrictions5,594 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

6700 N Ravenswood — 573 tickets, 7 min walk NW
6600 N Ravenswood — 494 tickets, 5 min walk W
6400 N Ridge Blvd — 418 tickets, 7 min walk W

Metered blocks8,352 tickets

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

6900 N Clark St — 1,742 tickets, 10 min walk N
6600 N Clark St — 1,074 tickets, 3 min walk NW
6700 N Clark St — 717 tickets, 6 min walk NW

Other enforcement871 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1300 W North Shore Ave — 871 tickets, 7 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 49, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.