Parking at 5250 W Iowa St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 W Iowa St. Everything here is from City records — 18,668 parking tickets written across 137 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 37, section 4. 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 Iowa St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W Crystal alone took 425 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 5200 W Crystal — 425 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 1100 N Lawler — 314 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 1200 N Lockwood — 299 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 1000 N Lavergne — 470 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 5100 W Crystal St — 323 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 900 N Leclaire Ave — 294 tickets, 4 min walk NE
- 5300 W Crystal — 289 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 500 N Leclaire — 247 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 4900 W Superior St — 229 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 700 N Lamon Ave — 174 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4900 W Chicago — 51 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 5500 W Chicago — 44 tickets, 9 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 804 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 10 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 37, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.