Parking at 5250 N Lawler Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 N Lawler Ave. Everything here is from City records — 3,454 parking tickets written across 80 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 39, section 16. 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 Lawler Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5300 W Foster Ave alone took 93 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 5300 W Foster Ave — 93 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 5200 W Winona St — 63 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 5200 N Lieb Ave — 59 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 5100 W Strong St — 149 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 5300 W Winnemac Ave — 77 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 5200 N Laramie Ave — 50 tickets, 4 min walk W
- 5200 N Leclaire Ave — 42 tickets, 2 min walk SW
- 5000 N Leclaire Ave — 41 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 5000 W Argyle St — 205 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 5000 W Carmen Ave — 149 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 5000 W Winona St — 88 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 4900 W Argyle St — 141 tickets, 8 min walk S
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1572 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 39, section 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.