Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 37

Parking at 5250 W Kamerling Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 W Kamerling Ave. Everything here is from City records — 22,826 parking tickets written across 143 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 37, 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 Kamerling Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W Crystal alone took 425 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,755 tickets

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

5200 W Crystal — 425 tickets, 3 min walk S
1500 N Latrobe Ave — 423 tickets, 6 min walk N
1400 N Laramie Ave — 416 tickets, 3 min walk NE

Permit zones3,189 tickets

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

1000 N Lavergne — 470 tickets, 10 min walk SE
1600 N Lockwood Ave — 327 tickets, 8 min walk N
5100 W Crystal St — 323 tickets, 4 min walk SE

Plate checks5,872 tickets

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

5300 W Hirsch — 347 tickets, 2 min walk NW
5300 W Crystal — 289 tickets, 3 min walk SW
1300 N Lorel — 258 tickets, 2 min walk W

Posted restrictions529 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

1600 N Luna — 529 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Other enforcement192 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1300 N Laramie Ave — 192 tickets, 2 min walk E

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 37, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.