Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 39

Parking at 5350 N Virginia Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5300–5399 N Virginia Ave. Everything here is from City records — 14,698 parking tickets written across 112 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3034 W Foster Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, section 11. 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 Virginia Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5000 N Kedzie Ave alone took 359 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,720 tickets

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

5000 N Kedzie Ave — 359 tickets, 10 min walk SW
2900 W Argyle St — 302 tickets, 10 min walk S
3200 W Carmen Ave — 215 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Permit zones2,990 tickets

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

2700 W Farragut Ave — 534 tickets, 7 min walk SE
2600 W Berwyn Ave — 300 tickets, 8 min walk E
5100 N Albany — 298 tickets, 7 min walk S

Plate checks2,117 tickets

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

5000 N Albany Ave — 372 tickets, 9 min walk S
5200 N Spaulding Ave — 145 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5200 N Sawyer Ave — 144 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,389 tickets

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

3000 W Argyle St — 424 tickets, 10 min walk S
3200 W Olive Ave — 231 tickets, 9 min walk NW
5300 N Rockwell St — 183 tickets, 10 min walk E

Metered blocks3,750 tickets

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

3200 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,336 tickets, 9 min walk NW
2700 W Winona St — 565 tickets, 9 min walk SE
5500 N Spaulding Ave — 483 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Other enforcement124 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2600 W Foster Ave — 69 tickets, 10 min walk SE
2700 W Foster — 55 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3034 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk S

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 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.