Parking at 550 S Western Ave
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Parking at this address

550 S Western Ave

Ward 28, cleaning section 4 · 25,647 parking tickets were written across 136 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
Then Monday, October 5 · Thursday, October 29 · Friday, October 30. 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
2360 W Van Buren St (3 min walk) · 342 S Western Ave (3 min walk) · 13 S Western Ave (10 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2400 W Taylor St alone took 367 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,653 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 2400 W Taylor St — 367, 7 min walk S
  • 2400 W Arthington St — 361, 5 min walk S
  • 700 S Western Ave — 324, 4 min walk S
  • 2400 W Fillmore St — 322, 8 min walk S
  • 2400 W Flournoy St — 293, 2 min walk SW
Permit zones6,708 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 2100 W Polk St — 559, 8 min walk SE
  • 1000 S Oakley Blvd — 517, 8 min walk S
  • 700 S Claremont Ave — 489, 3 min walk SE
  • 1000 S Claremont Ave — 432, 8 min walk S
  • 800 S Claremont Ave — 380, 5 min walk S
City sticker checks76 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 2400 W Gladys — 76, 4 min walk N
Plate checks8,483 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 300 S Western Ave — 391, 4 min walk N
  • 2100 W Gladys — 363, 8 min walk NE
  • 2000 W Jackson Blvd — 361, 10 min walk NE
  • 2200 W Monroe St — 342, 9 min walk NE
  • 2300 W Jackson Blvd — 310, 5 min walk N
Posted restrictions1,396 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 2000 W Ogden Ave — 839, 9 min walk SE
  • 2100 W Ogden Ave — 504, 9 min walk SE
  • 2000 W Congress Pkwy — 53, 8 min walk E

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 28, section 4. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr3Fri
Apr6Mon
Apr29Wed
Apr30Thu
May26Tue
May27Wed
Jun22Mon
Jun23Tue
Jul17Fri
Jul20Mon
Aug12Wed
Aug13Thu
Sep8Tue
Sep9Wed
Oct2Fri
Oct5Mon
Oct29Thu
Oct30Fri

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.