Parking at 5650 W Foster Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5600–5699 W Foster Ave. Everything here is from City records — 7,630 parking tickets written across 127 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
5665 W Foster Ave (1 min walk) · 5242 N Northwest Hwy (1 min walk)
Streets to watch near 5650 W Foster Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 W Higgins Ave alone took 132 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,368 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 5600 W Higgins Ave — 132 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 5000 N Mango Ave — 127 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 5700 W Higgins Ave — 121 tickets, 6 min walk S
Permit zones1,245 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 5500 W Edmunds St — 244 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 4900 N Lester Ave — 170 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5500 N Menard — 133 tickets, 10 min walk N
City sticker checks139 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 5000 N Parkside Ave — 85 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 5600 W Grover St — 54 tickets, 8 min walk S
Plate checks3,464 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 5000 N Northwest Hwy — 255 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 5500 W Higgins Ave — 156 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5100 N Northwest Hwy — 147 tickets, 3 min walk SE
Metered blocks92 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 5200 N Milwaukee Ave — 92 tickets, 2 min walk NE
Other enforcement273 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 4900 N Milwaukee — 273 tickets, 8 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5665 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk E
- 5242 N Northwest Hwy — red-light camera, 1 min walk NE
- �5310 N Milwaukee Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk NE
- 5272 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk NE
- 5432 N Central Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk N
- 6020 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk W
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 6 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.
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.