Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 36
Parking at 1950 N Lamon Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1900–1999 N Lamon Ave. Everything here is from City records — 19,540 parking tickets written across 114 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
4807 W Armitage Ave (3 min walk) · 1949 N Cicero Ave (4 min walk)
Streets to watch near 1950 N Lamon Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5100 W North Ave alone took 261 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning5,610 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 5100 W North Ave — 261 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 2000 N Leamington Ave — 257 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 2000 N Laporte Ave — 239 tickets, 3 min walk N
Permit zones6,071 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2000 N Lamon Ave — 704 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 4800 W Wabansia Ave — 677 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 4900 W Belden Ave — 453 tickets, 9 min walk N
Plate checks4,747 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2100 N Latrobe Ave — 331 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 2300 N Lamon Ave — 263 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 2100 N Leamington Ave — 262 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Posted restrictions2,061 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 5100 W Palmer St — 421 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 5100 W Dickens Ave — 289 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 4700 W Wabansia — 223 tickets, 8 min walk SE
Metered blocks846 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 4800 W Armitage Avenue — 846 tickets, 2 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4807 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk NE
- 1949 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
- 4801 W North Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
- 4754 W North Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SE
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 cameras nearby.
- Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
- The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 36, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.