Parking at 5250 S Berkeley
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 S Berkeley. Everything here is from City records — 55,691 parking tickets written across 112 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 5, section 13. 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 S Berkeley
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5000 S Woodlawn Ave alone took 400 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 5000 S Woodlawn Ave — 400 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 5400 S Ingleside Ave — 389 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 5100 S Kimbark Ave — 387 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 1400 E 52nd St — 789 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 5200 S Drexel Ave — 787 tickets, 4 min walk W
- 4900 S Drexel Blvd — 774 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 5300 S Ingleside Ave — 303 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 5300 S Payne Dr — 48 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 1300 E 53rd St — 15,694 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 1400 E 53rd St — 10,344 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 5300 S Dorchester Ave — 1,930 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 5100 S Cottage Grove Ave — 69 tickets, 6 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5330 S Cottage Grove Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk W
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 1 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.
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 5, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.