Parking at 5050 W Lake
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 W Lake. Everything here is from City records — 14,993 parking tickets written across 119 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 28, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 5050 W Lake
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5000 W Washington alone took 588 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 5000 W Washington — 588 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 100 N Leamington Ave — 318 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 5100 W West End Ave — 283 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 100 N La Crosse Ave — 86 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 5000 W Maypole — 427 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 100 N Leclaire — 373 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 500 N Leclaire — 247 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 5100 W Washington — 335 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 4800 W Erie — 221 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 300 N Cicero — 79 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 5000 W Madison — 323 tickets, 9 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5146 W Madison St — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
- 108 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 10 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 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.
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 28, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.