Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 45

Parking at 5050 W Pensacola Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 W Pensacola Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,194 parking tickets written across 129 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?

Zone 120

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

4361 N Milwaukee Ave (1 min walk) · 5040 W Montrose Ave (1 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, section 4. 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 W Pensacola Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 W Hutchinson St alone took 128 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,401 tickets

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

4800 W Hutchinson St — 128 tickets, 7 min walk E
5200 W Hutchinson St — 118 tickets, 5 min walk SW
4800 W Sunnyside Ave — 100 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Permit zones1,063 tickets

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

4900 W Hutchinson St — 260 tickets, 4 min walk SE
4400 N La Crosse Ave — 159 tickets, 6 min walk NE
4800 W Pensacola Ave — 155 tickets, 6 min walk E

Plate checks4,808 tickets

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

5000 W Pensacola Ave — 281 tickets, 1 min walk N
5000 W Agatite Ave — 230 tickets, 3 min walk N
5100 W Cullom Ave — 196 tickets, 2 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,541 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

5100 W Montrose Ave — 398 tickets, 2 min walk NW
5200 W Montrose Ave — 270 tickets, 5 min walk W
4800 W Montrose Ave — 243 tickets, 7 min walk E

Metered blocks6,445 tickets

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

4000 N Milwaukee Ave — 2,360 tickets, 9 min walk SE
4000 N Laporte Ave — 1,360 tickets, 8 min walk SE
4900 W Irving Park Rd — 693 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4361 N Milwaukee Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk N
5040 W Montrose Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk N
5148 Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
5205 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk S

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 120 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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.

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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 45, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.