Parking at 5250 W Adams
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 W Adams. Everything here is from City records — 25,949 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 29, section 2. 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 W Adams
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5000 W Monroe St alone took 695 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 5000 W Monroe St — 695 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 5500 W Jackson Blvd — 643 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 5000 W Washington — 588 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 0 N Pine — 1,138 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 5000 W Quincy St — 769 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 0 N Long — 567 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 4900 W Adams — 748 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 5000 W Gladys Ave — 440 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 5500 W Monroe St — 431 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 5100 W Washington — 335 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 5000 W Madison — 323 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 5400 W Madison — 221 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 0 N Central Ave — 65 tickets, 10 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5201 W Madison St — red-light camera, 3 min walk N
- 5146 W Madison St — red-light camera, 3 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 2 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 29, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.