Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 36

Parking at 5150 W Grand Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 W Grand Ave. Everything here is from City records — 21,049 parking tickets written across 119 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
4807 W Armitage Ave (8 min walk) · 1949 N Cicero Ave (9 min walk)

Streets to watch near 5150 W Grand Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2300 N Latrobe Ave alone took 286 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,459 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones4,111 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,128 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions4,277 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks846 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4807 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
  • 1949 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
  • 5440 W Grand Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk W
  • 2379 N Laramie Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk N

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.
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 36, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.