Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 37

Parking at 5350 W Bloomingdale Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5300–5399 W Bloomingdale Ave. Everything here is from City records — 19,875 parking tickets written across 120 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?

5440 W Grand Ave (8 min 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 5350 W Bloomingdale Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1500 N Latrobe Ave alone took 423 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,631 tickets

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

1500 N Latrobe Ave — 423 tickets, 6 min walk S
1400 N Laramie Ave — 416 tickets, 9 min walk S
5200 W North Ave — 378 tickets, 5 min walk S

Permit zones1,958 tickets

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

1700 N Luna Ave — 409 tickets, 6 min walk W
1600 N Lockwood Ave — 327 tickets, 4 min walk S
1500 N Leclaire Ave — 306 tickets, 8 min walk SE

City sticker checks91 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

1500 N Central Ave — 91 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Plate checks6,063 tickets

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

2100 N Latrobe Ave — 331 tickets, 9 min walk N
1700 N Linder Ave — 322 tickets, 5 min walk W
2100 N Leamington Ave — 262 tickets, 10 min walk NE

Posted restrictions2,851 tickets

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

1600 N Luna — 529 tickets, 7 min walk SW
2100 N Lockwood Ave — 369 tickets, 9 min walk N
5100 W Dickens Ave — 289 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Other enforcement63 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

5500 W Homer St — 63 tickets, 7 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5440 W Grand Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk NW

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 37, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.