Chicago parking by block · Albany Park · Ward 39

Parking at 5150 N Lowell Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 N Lowell Ave. Everything here is from City records — 4,539 parking tickets written across 64 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 15
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 144
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
4124 W Foster Ave (5 min walk) · 5210 N Pulaski Rd (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
Jun
3
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jul
27
Mon
Jul
28
Tue
Sep
15
Tue
Sep
16
Wed
Nov
6
Fri
Nov
9
Mon

Streets to watch near 5150 N Lowell Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 W Lawrence Ave alone took 140 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,211 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones365 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,714 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Metered blocks759 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4124 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk E
  • 5210 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
  • 5120 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 9 min walk E
  • 3970 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
  • 4440 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
  • 4791 N Elston Ave — 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 144 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 39, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.