Parking at 5550 W Lake St
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Parking at this address

5550 W Lake St

Ward 37, cleaning section 5 · 21,875 parking tickets were written across 132 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
Then Monday, October 5 · Tuesday, November 17 · Wednesday, November 18. 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?
4
466 N Central Ave (1 min walk) · 5615 W Lake St (1 min walk) · 5607 W Chicago Ave (9 min walk) +1 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 0 N Waller alone took 509 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,609 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 0 N Waller — 509, 10 min walk S
  • 5600 W Washington — 453, 8 min walk S
  • 100 N Waller Ave — 413, 8 min walk SW
  • 100 N Pine Ave — 379, 7 min walk S
  • 5400 W Washington — 354, 9 min walk SE
Permit zones3,189 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 0 N Pine — 1,138, 9 min walk S
  • 5900 W Midway Park — 566, 10 min walk W
  • 5900 W Fulton St — 541, 9 min walk SW
  • 0 N Lotus — 477, 10 min walk S
  • 5900 W Race Ave — 268, 9 min walk W
Plate checks8,690 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 300 N Pine — 657, 3 min walk SE
  • 100 N Parkside — 619, 7 min walk S
  • 0 N Parkside — 509, 9 min walk S
  • 100 N Lotus — 308, 8 min walk SE
  • 200 N Mason Ave — 295, 10 min walk SW
Posted restrictions1,187 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 200 N Pine — 613, 5 min walk S
  • 5500 W Fulton — 342, 3 min walk S
  • 5400 W Fulton — 232, 4 min walk SE
Other enforcement793 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 100 N Central — 607, 7 min walk S
  • 300 N Central Ave — 77, 2 min walk S
  • 0 N Central Ave — 65, 9 min walk S
  • 5500 W Chicago — 44, 10 min walk N

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 37, section 5. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr13Mon
Apr14Tue
May26Tue
May27Wed
Jun9Tue
Jun10Wed
Aug20Thu
Aug21Fri
Oct2Fri
Oct5Mon
Nov17Tue
Nov18Wed

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 2.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
4 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.