Parking at 5550 S Carpenter St
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Parking at this address

5550 S Carpenter St

Ward 16, cleaning section 7 · 8,898 parking tickets were written across 123 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
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
1315 W Garfield Blvd (7 min walk) · 1334 W Garfield Blvd (8 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5700 S Green St alone took 222 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,195 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5700 S Green St — 222, 7 min walk SE
  • 5700 S May St — 139, 4 min walk SW
  • 5600 S May St — 127, 3 min walk SW
  • 5700 S Peoria St — 110, 6 min walk SE
  • 5900 S Carpenter St — 97, 8 min walk S
City sticker checks203 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 5700 S Throop — 76, 7 min walk SW
  • 5400 S Carpenter St — 71, 3 min walk N
  • 5300 S May St — 56, 6 min walk N
Plate checks6,661 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5400 S May St — 358, 4 min walk NW
  • 5600 S Throop St — 244, 6 min walk W
  • 900 W 54th Pl — 244, 6 min walk NE
  • 5700 S Aberdeen — 205, 4 min walk S
  • 5500 S Union Ave — 187, 9 min walk E

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 16, section 7. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr17Fri
Apr20Mon
Jun30Tue
Jul1Wed
Sep10Thu
Sep11Fri

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, September 11.
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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.