Parking at 5250 N Bernard St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 N Bernard St. Everything here is from City records — 18,455 parking tickets written across 95 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 39, 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 5250 N Bernard St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 N Kedzie Ave alone took 468 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 4900 N Kedzie Ave — 468 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 3200 W Argyle St — 456 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 5000 N Spaulding Ave — 383 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 4900 N Christiana Ave — 476 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 4900 N Lawndale Ave — 328 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 4900 N Bernard St — 319 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 5000 N Bernard St — 210 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 5100 N Bernard St — 163 tickets, 2 min walk S
- 5100 N Kimball Ave — 157 tickets, 3 min walk SE
- 5000 N Central Park Ave — 495 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 3300 W Ainslie St — 365 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 3200 W Ainslie St — 329 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 3300 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,070 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 5500 N Spaulding Ave — 483 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 3300 W Foster Ave — 449 tickets, 3 min walk E
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- 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 39, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.