Parking at 5550 N Clark St
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Parking at this address

5550 N Clark St

Ward 40, cleaning section 5 · 44,292 parking tickets were written across 128 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?
3
5885 N Ridge Ave (8 min walk) · 5921 N Clark St (9 min walk) · 5970 N Clark St (10 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1400 W Rascher Ave alone took 307 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,290 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1400 W Rascher Ave — 307, 4 min walk SE
  • 5600 N Wayne Ave — 296, 6 min walk E
  • 5400 N Magnolia Ave — 293, 8 min walk SE
  • 5500 N Magnolia Ave — 281, 8 min walk E
  • 1400 W Olive Ave — 268, 3 min walk NE
Permit zones791 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1600 W Hollywood Ave — 352, 4 min walk NW
  • 1600 W Edgewater Ave — 292, 4 min walk NW
  • 1600 W Rosehill Dr — 96, 6 min walk NW
  • 1700 W Olive Ave — 51, 5 min walk W
Plate checks1,382 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1600 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 129, 4 min walk W
  • 5300 N Paulina St — 124, 8 min walk SW
  • 1600 W Berwyn Ave — 124, 8 min walk S
  • 5300 N Ashland Ave — 111, 6 min walk S
  • 1700 W Balmoral Ave — 109, 7 min walk SW
Metered blocks30,713 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 5300 N Clark St — 4,039, 7 min walk S
  • 5200 N Clark St — 3,827, 9 min walk S
  • 5400 N Clark St — 3,573, 4 min walk S
  • 5500 N Clark St — 3,276, 2 min walk S
  • 5500 N Broadway St — 1,643, 9 min walk E

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 5. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May19Tue
May20Wed
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Sep8Tue
Sep9Wed
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
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.