Chicago parking by block · Jefferson Park · Ward 45

Parking at 5250 N Monitor

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 N Monitor. Everything here is from City records — 5,617 parking tickets written across 116 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
6020 W Foster Ave (4 min walk) · 5665 W Foster Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, section 10. 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
Jul
13
Mon
Jul
14
Tue
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri

Streets to watch near 5250 N Monitor

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 W Higgins Ave alone took 132 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning917 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones317 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks85 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks3,000 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Metered blocks92 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 6020 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk W
  • 5665 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk E
  • 5242 N Northwest Hwy — red-light camera, 5 min walk E
  • �5310 N Milwaukee Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
  • 5272 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
  • 5432 N Central Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk NE

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 6 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 45, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.