Parking at 5250 N St Louis Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 N St Louis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 18,102 parking tickets written across 97 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 5250 N St Louis Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 W Argyle St alone took 456 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning5,236 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3200 W Argyle St — 456 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5000 N Spaulding Ave — 383 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 5000 N Kedzie Ave — 359 tickets, 9 min walk SE
Permit zones4,037 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4900 N Christiana Ave — 476 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 4800 N Bernard St — 370 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 4800 N Central Park Ave — 362 tickets, 10 min walk S
Plate checks3,613 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4900 N Ridgeway Ave — 378 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 5000 N Bernard St — 210 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 5000 N Hamlin Ave — 168 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Posted restrictions3,611 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 5000 N Central Park Ave — 495 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 3300 W Ainslie St — 365 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 5100 N Avers Ave — 306 tickets, 9 min walk W
Metered blocks1,502 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 5500 N Spaulding Ave — 483 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 3300 W Foster Ave — 449 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 3200 W Foster Ave — 314 tickets, 6 min walk E
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1 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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.