Parking at 5050 W Armitage Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 W Armitage Ave. Everything here is from City records — 21,637 parking tickets written across 120 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?
2
4807 W Armitage Ave (5 min walk) · 1949 N Cicero Ave (6 min walk)
Streets to watch near 5050 W Armitage Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2000 N Leamington Ave alone took 257 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
Street cleaning5,833 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2000 N Leamington Ave — 257 tickets, 3 min walk NW
- 2000 N Laporte Ave — 239 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 4800 W Belden Ave — 236 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Permit zones5,953 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2000 N Lamon Ave — 704 tickets, 4 min walk NE
- 4800 W Wabansia Ave — 677 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4900 W Belden Ave — 453 tickets, 8 min walk N
Plate checks4,909 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2100 N Latrobe Ave — 331 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 2300 N Lamon Ave — 263 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 2100 N Leamington Ave — 262 tickets, 5 min walk NW
Posted restrictions3,852 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 5100 W Palmer St — 421 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 2100 N Lockwood Ave — 369 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 2300 N Lavergne Ave — 317 tickets, 10 min walk N
Metered blocks846 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 4800 W Armitage Avenue — 846 tickets, 3 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4807 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk E
- 1949 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
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 2 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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.