Parking at 2550 S Drake Ave
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2550 S Drake Ave

Ward 22, cleaning section 9 · 58,797 parking tickets were written across 147 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
Then Monday, October 5 · Friday, November 13 · Monday, November 16. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
3
2552 S Kedzie Ave (9 min walk) · 2609 S Kedzie Ave (9 min walk) · 2718 S Kedzie Ave (10 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,968 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390, 5 min walk SW
  • 3200 W 27th St — 360, 9 min walk E
  • 2300 S Trumbull Ave — 318, 7 min walk NE
  • 2500 S Avers Ave — 305, 7 min walk W
  • 2700 S Spaulding Ave — 300, 8 min walk SE
Permit zones3,361 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 2500 S Spaulding Ave — 657, 7 min walk E
  • 2500 S Sawyer Ave — 597, 8 min walk E
  • 2500 S Christiana Ave — 554, 5 min walk E
  • 2400 S Christiana Ave — 401, 6 min walk NE
  • 2700 S Christiana Ave — 377, 7 min walk SE
Plate checks4,963 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 2200 S Drake Ave — 426, 9 min walk N
  • 2300 S Sawyer Ave — 407, 10 min walk NE
  • 2300 S Homan Ave — 318, 7 min walk NE
  • 2200 S Homan Ave — 262, 9 min walk NE
  • 2800 S Spaulding Ave — 256, 9 min walk SE
Posted restrictions4,308 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 2600 S Central Park Ave — 321, 2 min walk SW
  • 2700 S Homan Ave — 318, 6 min walk SE
  • 2500 S St Louis Ave — 303, 2 min walk E
  • 3300 W 28th St — 268, 8 min walk SE
  • 3200 W 25th St — 263, 8 min walk E
Metered blocks34,197 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 3600 W 26th St — 3,752, 2 min walk W
  • 3500 W 26th St — 3,700, 1 min walk SW
  • 3900 W 26th St — 3,401, 9 min walk W
  • 3800 W 26th St — 2,670, 8 min walk W
  • 3700 W 26th St — 2,536, 5 min walk W

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 9. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr23Thu
Apr24Fri
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Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Aug24Mon
Aug25Tue
Oct2Fri
Oct5Mon
Nov13Fri
Nov16Mon

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, October 2.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
3 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.