Parking at 6550 N Claremont Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6500–6599 N Claremont Ave. Everything here is from City records — 83,531 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1587
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
3
6523 N Western Ave (1 min walk) · 6408 N Western Ave (3 min walk)
Streets to watch near 6550 N Claremont Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6200 N Hoyne Ave alone took 584 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning5,544 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 6200 N Hoyne Ave — 584 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 6100 N Western Ave — 469 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 6300 N Hoyne Ave — 463 tickets, 7 min walk SE
Permit zones10,598 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 6100 N Claremont Ave — 964 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 6500 N Seeley Ave — 684 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 6200 N Claremont Ave — 675 tickets, 6 min walk S
Plate checks4,025 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 6400 N Leavitt St — 656 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 2000 W Arthur Ave — 529 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 6400 N Seeley Ave — 494 tickets, 8 min walk E
Posted restrictions9,472 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2300 W Arthur Ave — 1,012 tickets, 1 min walk W
- 2200 W Granville Ave — 766 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 2300 W Granville Ave — 736 tickets, 8 min walk S
Metered blocks53,718 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2400 W Devon Ave — 6,028 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 2300 W Devon Ave — 4,903 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 2600 W Devon Ave — 4,712 tickets, 9 min walk W
Other enforcement124 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 6500 N Oakley Ave — 124 tickets, 1 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6523 N Western Ave — speed camera, 1 min walk NW
- 6408 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk SW
- 6355 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk S
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1587 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.