Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 5250 W Belle Plaine Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 W Belle Plaine Ave. Everything here is from City records — 18,443 parking tickets written across 137 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 14

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

5205 W Irving Park Rd (3 min walk) · 5148 Irving Park Rd (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 5250 W Belle Plaine Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3900 N Linder Ave alone took 200 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,718 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

3900 N Linder Ave — 200 tickets, 7 min walk SW
5400 W Berteau Ave — 171 tickets, 7 min walk W
5500 W Byron St — 148 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Permit zones1,719 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

4900 W Hutchinson St — 260 tickets, 8 min walk NE
5300 W Dakin St — 247 tickets, 5 min walk SW
5400 W Dakin St — 233 tickets, 7 min walk SW

City sticker checks58 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

3900 N Laramie Ave — 58 tickets, 5 min walk S

Plate checks5,754 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

5000 W Pensacola Ave — 281 tickets, 8 min walk NE
5000 W Agatite Ave — 230 tickets, 10 min walk NE
5100 W Cullom Ave — 196 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Posted restrictions1,326 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

5100 W Montrose Ave — 398 tickets, 8 min walk N
5200 W Montrose Ave — 270 tickets, 8 min walk N
5400 W Montrose Ave — 216 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Metered blocks6,183 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

4000 N Milwaukee Ave — 2,360 tickets, 9 min walk E
4000 N Laporte Ave — 1,360 tickets, 8 min walk E
4900 W Irving Park Rd — 693 tickets, 8 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5205 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 3 min walk S
5148 Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 3 min walk SE
5454 W Irving Park — speed camera, 7 min walk W
4361 N Milwaukee Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
4123 N Central Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk W
5040 W Montrose Ave — red-light camera, 9 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 38, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.