Parking at 6550 W Strong St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6500–6599 W Strong St. Everything here is from City records — 1,295 parking tickets written across 71 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 41, section 24. 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 Strong St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 N Melvina Ave alone took 61 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 4800 N Melvina Ave — 61 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 4800 N Normandy Ave — 40 tickets, 2 min walk SW
- 4800 N Mobile Ave — 63 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 5000 N Natchez Ave — 71 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 6200 W Gunnison St — 52 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 5000 N Nagle Ave — 42 tickets, 6 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5155 N Nagle Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
- 6378 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
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 2 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 41, section 24. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.