Parking at 550 E 88th Pl
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Parking at this address

550 E 88th Pl

Ward 8, cleaning section 14 · 7,794 parking tickets were written across 84 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
Then Monday, September 21. 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?
1
8590 S Martin Luther King Dr (8 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 500 E 86th St alone took 67 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning124 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 500 E 86th St — 67, 6 min walk N
  • 400 E 90th St — 57, 5 min walk SW
Permit zones744 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 8600 S Maryland Ave — 299, 8 min walk NE
  • 8600 S Drexel Ave — 274, 9 min walk NE
  • 8700 S Indiana Ave — 171, 10 min walk W
Plate checks6,234 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 800 E 89th St — 297, 7 min walk E
  • 700 E 88th St — 273, 4 min walk E
  • 400 E 87th St — 263, 4 min walk NW
  • 600 E 89th St — 253, 2 min walk SE
  • 500 E 89th St — 239, 3 min walk S
Posted restrictions151 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 700 E 87th Pl — 151, 5 min walk NE
Other enforcement53 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 8900 S Cottage Grove — 53, 7 min walk SE

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 8, section 14. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May7Thu
May8Fri
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Sep18Fri
Sep21Mon

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, September 18.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
1 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.