Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 40

Parking at 5450 N Bowmanville Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5400–5499 N Bowmanville Ave. Everything here is from City records — 9,413 parking tickets written across 87 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

2350 W Foster Ave (8 min walk) · 5206 N Western Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, 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 5450 N Bowmanville Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 N Artesian Ave alone took 345 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,674 tickets

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

5500 N Artesian Ave — 345 tickets, 9 min walk NW
1900 W Winona St — 329 tickets, 9 min walk SE
5600 N Artesian Ave — 294 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Permit zones441 tickets

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

2500 W Catalpa — 310 tickets, 10 min walk W
2400 W Farragut Ave — 131 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Plate checks1,767 tickets

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

5100 N Winchester Ave — 199 tickets, 8 min walk SE
5400 N Western Ave — 171 tickets, 6 min walk W
5500 N Western Ave — 136 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Posted restrictions704 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

5400 N Campbell Ave — 241 tickets, 9 min walk W
2400 W Balmoral — 194 tickets, 7 min walk W
2400 W Foster Ave — 190 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Metered blocks397 tickets

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

5600 N Western Ave — 260 tickets, 9 min walk NW
5300 N Lincoln Ave — 137 tickets, 10 min walk W

Other enforcement49 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2100 W Foster Ave — 49 tickets, 6 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2350 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
5206 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
5059 N Damen Ave — speed camera, 9 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 3 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 40, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.