Parking at 5150 W Potomac
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 W Potomac. Everything here is from City records — 20,407 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 37, section 9. 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 W Potomac
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W Crystal alone took 425 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
- 5200 W Crystal — 425 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 1500 N Latrobe Ave — 423 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 1400 N Laramie Ave — 416 tickets, 4 min walk N
- 1000 N Lavergne — 470 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 1600 N Lockwood Ave — 327 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 5100 W Crystal St — 323 tickets, 1 min walk S
- 5300 W Hirsch — 347 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 5300 W Crystal — 289 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 1300 N Lorel — 258 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 1300 N Laramie Ave — 192 tickets, 2 min walk NW
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 51 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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 37, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.