Parking at 550 W Congress Pkwy
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Parking at this address

550 W Congress Pkwy

Ward 34, cleaning section 6 · 70,976 parking tickets were written across 142 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
Then Friday, September 25 · Monday, October 19 · Tuesday, October 20 · Tuesday, November 10. 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
812 S Racine Ave (6 min walk) · 1341 W Jackson Blvd (8 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1100 W Taylor St alone took 1,000 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,602 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1100 W Taylor St — 1,000, 8 min walk S
  • 800 S Loomis St — 762, 10 min walk SW
  • 700 S Loomis St — 737, 8 min walk W
  • 900 W Van Buren St — 596, 5 min walk NE
  • 300 S Peoria St — 492, 6 min walk NE
Permit zones26,522 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 0 N Aberdeen St — 1,375, 10 min walk N
  • 100 S Peoria St — 1,369, 8 min walk NE
  • 1000 W Vernon Park Pl — 1,281, 3 min walk S
  • 1000 W Polk St — 1,046, 5 min walk SE
  • 800 S Miller St — 1,001, 5 min walk SE
Plate checks8,486 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1000 W Van Buren St — 727, 3 min walk NE
  • 800 W Van Buren St — 557, 7 min walk E
  • 1100 W Monroe St — 531, 8 min walk N
  • 1000 W Adams St — 522, 6 min walk N
  • 1300 W Van Buren St — 511, 7 min walk W
Posted restrictions3,852 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
  • 900 W Adams St — 792, 7 min walk NE
  • 900 S Racine Ave — 459, 8 min walk S
  • 300 S Halsted St — 456, 8 min walk E
  • 800 W Adams St — 422, 8 min walk NE
  • 1300 W Adams St — 341, 9 min walk NW
Metered blocks23,665 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1000 W Madison St — 3,900, 9 min walk N
  • 1000 W Taylor St — 3,221, 8 min walk S
  • 1100 W Madison St — 2,647, 9 min walk N
  • 900 W Madison St — 1,951, 10 min walk N
  • 900 W Jackson Blvd — 1,598, 6 min walk NE

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, section 6. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr15Wed
Apr16Thu
May7Thu
May8Fri
Jun1Mon
Jun2Tue
Jun24Wed
Jun25Thu
Jul17Fri
Jul20Mon
Aug10Mon
Aug11Tue
Sep1Tue
Sep2Wed
Sep24Thu
Sep25Fri
Oct19Mon
Oct20Tue
Nov10Tue
Nov12Thu

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, September 24.
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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.