Parking at 5250 W Race Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 W Race Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,698 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 37, section 5. 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 Race Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 500 N Pine Ave alone took 308 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 500 N Pine Ave — 308 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 5100 W West End Ave — 283 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 600 N Latrobe Ave — 280 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 800 N Lavergne Ave — 130 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 300 N Pine — 657 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 5000 W Maypole — 427 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 100 N Leclaire — 373 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 200 N Pine — 613 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 5500 W Fulton — 342 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 5400 W Fulton — 232 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 466 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
- 5615 W Lake St — 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 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 37, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.