Parking at 5150 W Altgeld St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 W Altgeld St. Everything here is from City records — 36,134 parking tickets written across 141 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 1661
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
5152 W Fullerton Ave (2 min walk) · 2379 N Laramie Ave (3 min walk)
Streets to watch near 5150 W Altgeld St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 N Laramie Ave alone took 769 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning10,821 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2600 N Laramie Ave — 769 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 2500 N Laramie Ave — 568 tickets, 1 min walk NW
- 2400 N Laramie Avenue — 517 tickets, 2 min walk SW
Permit zones9,100 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 5200 W Wrightwood Ave — 560 tickets, 4 min walk NW
- 5200 W Altgeld St — 531 tickets, 2 min walk W
- 5100 W Altgeld St — 525 tickets, 1 min walk N
Plate checks5,748 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4800 W Wrightwood Ave — 374 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 5100 W Montana St — 355 tickets, 1 min walk S
- 2100 N Latrobe Ave — 331 tickets, 9 min walk S
Posted restrictions7,835 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 5100 W Palmer St — 421 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 2100 N Lockwood Ave — 369 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 5300 W Belden Ave — 349 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Metered blocks2,630 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 5000 W Fullerton — 725 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 5100 W Fullerton Ave — 629 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 4900 W Diversey Ave — 558 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5152 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk S
- 2379 N Laramie Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk S
- 5050 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk SE
- 2622 N. Laramie Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk N
- 4843 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk E
- 5446 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1661 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.