Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 45

Parking at 5650 W Lawrence Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5600–5699 W Lawrence Ave. Everything here is from City records — 10,892 parking tickets written across 126 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

5432 W Lawrence Ave (5 min walk) · 5471 W Higgins Rd (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, section 8. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 5650 W Lawrence Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 W Higgins Ave alone took 132 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,849 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

5600 W Higgins Ave — 132 tickets, 5 min walk NW
5900 W Eastwood Ave — 131 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5000 N Mango Ave — 127 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Permit zones644 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

5500 W Edmunds St — 244 tickets, 4 min walk NE
4900 N Lester Ave — 170 tickets, 6 min walk NE
5100 N Lovejoy Ave — 130 tickets, 10 min walk NE

City sticker checks139 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

5000 N Parkside Ave — 85 tickets, 7 min walk N
5600 W Grover St — 54 tickets, 3 min walk N

Plate checks4,490 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

5000 N Northwest Hwy — 255 tickets, 8 min walk NE
4800 N Linder Ave — 177 tickets, 4 min walk E
5500 W Agatite Ave — 166 tickets, 9 min walk S

Posted restrictions55 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

5900 W Lawrence Ave — 55 tickets, 8 min walk W

Metered blocks2,775 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

5300 W Veterans Pl — 691 tickets, 7 min walk E
4700 N Milwaukee Ave — 500 tickets, 10 min walk E
5400 W Higgins — 380 tickets, 6 min walk E

Other enforcement273 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4900 N Milwaukee — 273 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5432 W Lawrence Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk E
5471 W Higgins Rd — speed camera, 5 min walk E

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 2 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 45, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.