Chicago parking by block · North Park · Ward 39

Parking at 5350 N Spaulding Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5300–5399 N Spaulding Ave. Everything here is from City records — 17,037 parking tickets written across 97 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3034 W Foster Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, section 9. 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 5350 N Spaulding Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 W Argyle St alone took 456 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,494 tickets

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

3200 W Argyle St — 456 tickets, 10 min walk S
5000 N Spaulding Ave — 383 tickets, 7 min walk S
5000 N Kedzie Ave — 359 tickets, 8 min walk S

Permit zones2,722 tickets

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

3400 W Carmen Ave — 301 tickets, 9 min walk S
5100 N Albany — 298 tickets, 8 min walk SE
5000 N Sawyer Ave — 294 tickets, 8 min walk S

Plate checks3,606 tickets

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

5000 N Albany Ave — 372 tickets, 9 min walk SE
5700 N Christiana — 220 tickets, 10 min walk N
5000 N Bernard St — 210 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Posted restrictions2,013 tickets

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

3300 W Argyle St — 303 tickets, 10 min walk S
5000 N Kimball Ave — 293 tickets, 7 min walk S
5700 N Spaulding Ave — 254 tickets, 9 min walk N

Metered blocks5,050 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

3200 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,336 tickets, 6 min walk N
3300 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,070 tickets, 6 min walk N
5500 N Spaulding Ave — 483 tickets, 5 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3034 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk SE

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.

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 39, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.