Chicago parking by block · Jefferson Park · Ward 45

Parking at 5150 N Laramie Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 N Laramie Ave. Everything here is from City records — 7,314 parking tickets written across 114 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, section 19. 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 5150 N Laramie Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5300 W Foster Ave alone took 93 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning686 tickets

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

5300 W Foster Ave — 93 tickets, 4 min walk W
5200 N Ludlam Ave — 79 tickets, 8 min walk NW
4900 W Ainslie St — 79 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Permit zones999 tickets

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

4900 N Lester Ave — 170 tickets, 9 min walk SW
5100 W Strong St — 149 tickets, 6 min walk S
5100 N Lovejoy Ave — 130 tickets, 7 min walk W

City sticker checks133 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

5200 N Laramie Ave — 50 tickets, 2 min walk N
5200 N Leclaire Ave — 42 tickets, 3 min walk NE
5000 N Leclaire Ave — 41 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Plate checks2,365 tickets

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

5000 N Northwest Hwy — 255 tickets, 7 min walk SW
5000 W Argyle St — 205 tickets, 6 min walk SE
5000 W Carmen Ave — 149 tickets, 5 min walk E

Posted restrictions44 tickets

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

4900 N Laramie Ave — 44 tickets, 6 min walk S

Metered blocks1,634 tickets

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

5300 W Veterans Pl — 691 tickets, 9 min walk SW
5400 W Higgins — 380 tickets, 10 min walk SW
4800 N Lipps Ave — 303 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Other enforcement273 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4900 N Milwaukee — 273 tickets, 8 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 19. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.