Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 26

Parking at 5050 W Dickens Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 W Dickens Ave. Everything here is from City records — 24,371 parking tickets written across 126 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
4807 W Armitage Ave (6 min walk) · 1949 N Cicero Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
18
Tue
Aug
19
Wed
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon

Streets to watch near 5050 W Dickens Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2400 N Laramie Avenue alone took 517 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,008 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones5,385 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,429 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions4,580 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks2,736 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4807 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
  • 1949 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk SE
  • 5050 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk N
  • 2379 N Laramie Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NW
  • 4843 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk NE
  • 5152 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 9 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 6 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 26, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.