Parking at 550 W 40th Pl
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Parking at this address

550 W 40th Pl

Ward 11, cleaning section 6 · 6,699 parking tickets were written across 85 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
Then Monday, October 26. 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
655 W. Root St. (4 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 S Wallace St alone took 183 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning714 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 3600 S Wallace St — 183, 10 min walk N
  • 600 W 44th St — 127, 9 min walk S
  • 500 W 37th St — 108, 9 min walk N
  • 300 W 43rd St — 71, 8 min walk SE
  • 400 W 44th St — 68, 9 min walk S
Permit zones43 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 3600 S Canal St — 43, 10 min walk N
Plate checks5,388 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 300 W 42nd Pl — 333, 7 min walk SE
  • 3800 S Princeton Ave — 322, 8 min walk NE
  • 3700 S Princeton Ave — 302, 9 min walk NE
  • 600 W 43rd Pl — 215, 8 min walk S
  • 500 W 42nd Pl — 191, 5 min walk S
Posted restrictions88 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 700 W Root St — 88, 5 min walk SW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 6. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr21Tue
Apr22Wed
Jun5Fri
Jun8Mon
Jul23Thu
Jul24Fri
Sep8Tue
Sep9Wed
Oct23Fri
Oct26Mon

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 23.
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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.