Chicago parking by block · Edgewater · Ward 48

Parking at 5250 N Lakewood Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 N Lakewood Ave. Everything here is from City records — 79,424 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
1211 W Foster Ave (3 min walk) · 5147 N Broadway St (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 48, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
27
Mon
Apr
28
Tue
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 5250 N Lakewood Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 W Winona St alone took 743 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,488 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones786 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks7,748 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions4,578 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks56,778 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1211 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk SE
  • 5147 N Broadway St — red-light camera, 3 min walk SE
  • 5204 N Sheridan Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
  • 922 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E

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 48, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.