Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 5250 W Hutchinson St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 W Hutchinson St. Everything here is from City records — 14,568 parking tickets written across 131 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
4361 N Milwaukee Ave (6 min walk) · 5040 W Montrose Ave (6 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.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 5250 W Hutchinson St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3900 N Linder Ave alone took 200 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,026 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,032 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks58 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks5,926 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,402 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks3,396 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4361 N Milwaukee Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk NE
  • 5040 W Montrose Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk NE
  • 5148 Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 6 min walk S
  • 5205 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
  • 5454 W Irving Park — speed camera, 9 min walk SW
  • 4123 N Central Ave — speed camera, 9 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 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.