Parking at 550 W 81st St
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Parking at this address

550 W 81st St

Ward 6, cleaning section 21 · 7,375 parking tickets were written across 93 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Monday, November 2
Then Tuesday, November 3. 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?
2
811 W 79th St (8 min walk) · 7854 S Halsted St (8 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7900 S Harvard Ave alone took 152 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning476 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 7900 S Harvard Ave — 152, 6 min walk NE
  • 7700 S Lowe Ave — 133, 9 min walk N
  • 8000 S Stewart Ave — 97, 4 min walk E
  • 7700 S Normal Ave — 52, 8 min walk N
  • 8000 S Vincennes Ave — 42, 3 min walk E
Permit zones319 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 100 W 80th St — 111, 9 min walk E
  • 7900 S Wentworth Ave — 87, 9 min walk NE
  • 7900 S Lowe Ave — 61, 5 min walk NW
  • 8100 S Stewart Ave — 60, 4 min walk E
Plate checks4,790 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 7900 S Green St — 247, 9 min walk NW
  • 8200 S Green St — 241, 9 min walk SW
  • 7800 S Green St — 233, 10 min walk NW
  • 7800 S Emerald Ave — 190, 8 min walk NW
  • 7900 S Normal Ave — 186, 4 min walk N
Metered blocks159 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 700 W 79th St — 159, 7 min walk NW
Other enforcement864 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 7800 S Halsted St — 415, 8 min walk NW
  • 600 W 79th Street — 389, 6 min walk NW
  • 8100 S Halsted — 60, 7 min walk W

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 21. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May28Thu
May29Fri
Aug14Fri
Aug17Mon
Nov2Mon
Nov3Tue

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, November 2.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
2 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.