Parking at 5450 N St Louis Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5400–5499 N St Louis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 13,867 parking tickets written across 83 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 5450 N St Louis Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 N Sawyer Ave alone took 188 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,322 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 5400 N Sawyer Ave — 188 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 3200 W Balmoral Ave — 185 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 3400 W Hollywood Ave — 159 tickets, 7 min walk N
Permit zones1,659 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 5600 N Bernard St — 278 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 5500 N St Louis Ave — 213 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 5600 N St Louis Ave — 188 tickets, 5 min walk N
Plate checks3,510 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 5700 N Christiana — 220 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 5000 N Bernard St — 210 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 5100 N Bernard St — 163 tickets, 8 min walk S
Posted restrictions2,172 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 5000 N Central Park Ave — 495 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 5000 N Kimball Ave — 293 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 5700 N Spaulding Ave — 254 tickets, 9 min walk NE
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, 7 min walk NE
- 3300 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,070 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 5500 N Spaulding Ave — 483 tickets, 6 min walk NE
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.