Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 30

Parking at 5150 W Berenice Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 W Berenice Ave. Everything here is from City records — 20,234 parking tickets written across 139 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

5205 W Irving Park Rd (4 min walk) · 5148 Irving Park Rd (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 7. 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 W Berenice Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 N Lamon Ave alone took 254 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,992 tickets

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

3600 N Lamon Ave — 254 tickets, 8 min walk SE
3900 N Linder Ave — 200 tickets, 9 min walk W
5200 W Eddy St — 159 tickets, 8 min walk S

Permit zones1,738 tickets

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

4800 W Dakin St — 507 tickets, 8 min walk E
5300 W Dakin St — 247 tickets, 6 min walk NW
5400 W Dakin St — 233 tickets, 8 min walk W

City sticker checks195 tickets

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

5200 W Waveland Ave — 87 tickets, 5 min walk SW
3900 N Laramie Ave — 58 tickets, 2 min walk NW
3700 N Lavergne Ave — 50 tickets, 4 min walk SE

Plate checks3,936 tickets

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

4800 W Patterson Ave — 367 tickets, 10 min walk SE
3500 N Lavergne Ave — 277 tickets, 8 min walk SE
4900 W Berenice Ave — 192 tickets, 4 min walk E

Posted restrictions1,154 tickets

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

4800 W Addison St — 431 tickets, 10 min walk SE
4900 W Addison St — 165 tickets, 8 min walk SE
5000 W Addison St — 164 tickets, 7 min walk S

Metered blocks7,732 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 NE
4800 W Irving Park Rd — 1,433 tickets, 9 min walk NE
4000 N Laporte Ave — 1,360 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5205 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 4 min walk NW
5148 Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 4 min walk N
5454 W Irving Park — speed camera, 10 min walk NW

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 3 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 30, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.