Parking at 5650 N California Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5600–5699 N California Ave. Everything here is from City records — 13,688 parking tickets written across 128 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 50, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 5650 N California 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.
- 5500 N Artesian Ave — 345 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 5600 N Artesian Ave — 294 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 5500 N Campbell Ave — 233 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 2500 W Balmoral — 476 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5900 N Maplewood — 359 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 6000 N Fairfield Ave — 310 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 2400 W Ardmore Ave — 253 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 2600 W Ardmore Ave — 158 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 5600 N Rockwell St — 157 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 2400 W Thorndale Ave — 298 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 5400 N Campbell Ave — 241 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5600 N Campbell — 199 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 2600 W Peterson Ave — 287 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 5400 N Lincoln Ave — 279 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 2700 W Peterson Ave — 184 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 5800 N Lincoln — 131 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 5700 N Lincoln Ave — 105 tickets, 3 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5981 N California Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
- 2801 W Peterson Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
- 2650 W Peterson Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk N
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.
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 50, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.