Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 5750 W Dakin St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5700–5799 W Dakin St. Everything here is from City records — 12,446 parking tickets written across 136 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?

5601 W Irving Park Rd (3 min walk) · 4010 N Central Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 4. 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 5750 W Dakin St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 N Marmora Ave alone took 206 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,078 tickets

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

4100 N Marmora Ave — 206 tickets, 7 min walk NW
3900 N Linder Ave — 200 tickets, 6 min walk E
5400 W Berteau Ave — 171 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Permit zones1,820 tickets

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

4000 N Mcvicker Ave — 341 tickets, 9 min walk W
5300 W Dakin St — 247 tickets, 10 min walk E
5600 W Patterson Ave — 236 tickets, 8 min walk S

City sticker checks173 tickets

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

6000 W Berteau Ave — 130 tickets, 10 min walk NW
6000 W Warwick Ave — 43 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Plate checks3,867 tickets

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

4200 N Marmora Ave — 159 tickets, 8 min walk NW
5300 W Cuyler Ave — 157 tickets, 10 min walk E
4000 N Mason Ave — 156 tickets, 6 min walk NW

Posted restrictions738 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

5700 W Addison St — 277 tickets, 9 min walk S
5500 W Addison St — 227 tickets, 10 min walk SE
5800 W Addison St — 101 tickets, 10 min walk S

Metered blocks1,172 tickets

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

5300 W Irving Park Rd — 599 tickets, 10 min walk E
6000 W Irving Park Road — 397 tickets, 9 min walk W
5900 W Irving Park Rd — 176 tickets, 5 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5601 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 3 min walk NE
4010 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk NE
4123 N Central Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk NE
5454 W Irving Park — speed camera, 6 min walk E
3947 N Austin Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
6009 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 7 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.

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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 38, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.