Chicago parking by block · Albany Park · Ward 39

Parking at 5050 N Monticello Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 N Monticello Ave. Everything here is from City records — 42,359 parking tickets written across 103 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

5120 N Pulaski Rd (9 min walk) · 3970 W Foster Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, section 10. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 5050 N Monticello Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3400 W Leland Ave alone took 444 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,813 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

3400 W Leland Ave — 444 tickets, 10 min walk SE
5000 N Spaulding Ave — 383 tickets, 9 min walk E
3400 W Ainslie St — 347 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Permit zones7,231 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

5000 N Springfield Ave — 493 tickets, 6 min walk W
4900 N Christiana Ave — 476 tickets, 8 min walk E
4700 N Avers Ave — 420 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Plate checks4,445 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

4600 N Lawndale Ave — 436 tickets, 10 min walk S
4900 N Ridgeway Ave — 378 tickets, 4 min walk SW
3900 W Ainslie St — 360 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Posted restrictions6,468 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

3700 W Leland Ave — 655 tickets, 9 min walk S
3600 W Leland — 502 tickets, 9 min walk S
5000 N Central Park Ave — 495 tickets, 2 min walk NE

Metered blocks20,308 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

3600 W Lawrence Ave — 3,528 tickets, 6 min walk S
3500 W Lawrence Ave — 3,334 tickets, 7 min walk SE
3400 W Lawrence Ave — 2,826 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5120 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 9 min walk W
3970 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
5210 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk NW

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 3 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.

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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 39, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.