Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 37

Parking at 5250 W Wabansia Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 W Wabansia Ave. Everything here is from City records — 21,029 parking tickets written across 123 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, September 22

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 1. 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 Wabansia Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1500 N Latrobe Ave alone took 423 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,341 tickets

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

1500 N Latrobe Ave — 423 tickets, 3 min walk S
1400 N Laramie Ave — 416 tickets, 6 min walk S
5200 W North Ave — 378 tickets, 3 min walk S

Permit zones3,524 tickets

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

4800 W Wabansia Ave — 677 tickets, 9 min walk E
1700 N Luna Ave — 409 tickets, 8 min walk W
4800 W Concord Pl — 394 tickets, 9 min walk E

Plate checks5,679 tickets

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

5300 W Hirsch — 347 tickets, 8 min walk S
1700 N Linder Ave — 322 tickets, 7 min walk W
1300 N Lorel — 258 tickets, 10 min walk S

Posted restrictions2,026 tickets

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

1600 N Luna — 529 tickets, 8 min walk W
1600 N Central Ave — 224 tickets, 10 min walk W
5500 W Wabansia Ave — 221 tickets, 8 min walk W

Other enforcement192 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1300 N Laramie Ave — 192 tickets, 9 min walk S

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 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.