Chicago parking by block · Gage Park · Ward 14

Parking at 5250 S Albany Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 S Albany Ave. Everything here is from City records — 23,699 parking tickets written across 109 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
5452 S Kedzie Ave (6 min walk) · 3212 W 55th St (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 14, section 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 5250 S Albany Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3000 W 54th St alone took 346 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,158 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones8,723 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks147 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks8,249 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,589 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks811 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5452 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
  • 3212 W 55th St — speed camera, 7 min walk SW
  • 3209 W 55th St — red-light camera, 7 min walk SW
  • 3217 W 55th St — speed camera, 7 min walk SW
  • 5532 S Kedzie Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk S

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 5 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 14, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.