Parking at 5150 N Western Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 N Western Ave. Everything here is from City records — 20,146 parking tickets written across 128 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 40, section 10. 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 5150 N Western Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2500 W Argyle St alone took 301 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
- 2500 W Argyle St — 301 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 2000 W Argyle St — 249 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5400 N Artesian Ave — 220 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 2700 W Farragut Ave — 534 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 2500 W Balmoral — 476 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 4800 N Bell Ave — 344 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 2600 W Gunnison St — 185 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 5000 N Rockwell St — 172 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 5400 N Western Ave — 171 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 5400 N Campbell Ave — 241 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 2400 W Balmoral — 194 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 2400 W Foster Ave — 190 tickets, 1 min walk NW
- 2300 W Lawrence Ave — 2,796 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 2700 W Winona St — 565 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 4800 N Claremont Ave — 461 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 2600 W Foster Ave — 69 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 2700 W Foster — 55 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 2100 W Foster Ave — 49 tickets, 6 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2350 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk NE
- 5206 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk N
- 4804 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
- 2409 W Lawrence 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.
- 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.
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 40, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.