Parking at 6550 W Palatine Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6500–6599 W Palatine Ave. Everything here is from City records — 2,367 parking tickets written across 92 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 45, section 12. 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 6550 W Palatine Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6400 N Nashville Ave alone took 79 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
- 6400 N Nashville Ave — 79 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 6300 N Merrimac Ave — 52 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 6500 N Natoma Ave — 44 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 6300 W Highland Ave — 57 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 6000 N Navarre Ave — 98 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 6300 N Mobile Ave — 120 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 6000 N Northwest Hwy — 99 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 6300 W Raven St — 92 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 6100 N Newark Ave — 62 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6410 N Milwaukee Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk NE
- 6396 W Devon Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk NE
- 5941 N Nagle — speed camera, 8 min walk SE
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 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.
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 45, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.