Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 29

Parking at 5650 W Chicago Avenue

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5600–5699 W Chicago Avenue. Everything here is from City records — 15,054 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
3
5607 W Chicago Ave (2 min walk) · 804 N Central Ave (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 29, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
22
Tue
Sep
23
Wed
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue

Streets to watch near 5650 W Chicago Avenue

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 500 N Pine Ave alone took 308 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,398 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones3,624 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,132 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions619 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Other enforcement44 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5607 W Chicago Avered-light camera, 2 min walk E
  • 804 N Central Avered-light camera, 3 min walk E
  • 466 N Central Avered-light camera, 10 min walk S

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 29, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.