Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 31

Parking at 5450 W Wellington Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5400–5499 W Wellington Ave. Everything here is from City records — 36,595 parking tickets written across 143 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 6
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1314
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
5564 W Diversey Ave (6 min walk) · 2806 N Central Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 31, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
15
Wed
Apr
16
Thu
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 5450 W Wellington Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2700 N Laramie Ave alone took 487 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,970 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones10,379 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,396 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,771 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks11,034 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5564 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
  • 2806 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
  • 5550 W Belmont Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk NW
  • 3206 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1314 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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 31, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.