Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 30

Parking at 5850 W Belmont Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 W Belmont Ave. Everything here is from City records — 24,665 parking tickets written across 142 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 14

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3206 N Central Ave (6 min walk) · 5550 W Belmont Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 13. 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 5850 W Belmont Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 W Wellington Ave alone took 223 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,978 tickets

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

5600 W Wellington Ave — 223 tickets, 7 min walk SE
5700 W Barry Ave — 175 tickets, 4 min walk SE
5600 W Melrose St — 170 tickets, 5 min walk E

Permit zones5,047 tickets

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

5400 W Melrose St — 378 tickets, 10 min walk E
5600 W George St — 377 tickets, 9 min walk SE
5400 W Barry Ave — 359 tickets, 9 min walk E

Plate checks2,803 tickets

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

2800 N Marmora Ave — 213 tickets, 9 min walk S
2800 N Major Ave — 195 tickets, 10 min walk S
3000 N Parkside Ave — 188 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Posted restrictions384 tickets

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

2900 N Austin Ave — 250 tickets, 8 min walk SW
3300 N Central Ave — 73 tickets, 7 min walk NE
3400 N Central Ave — 61 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Metered blocks10,202 tickets

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

5600 W Belmont Ave — 2,692 tickets, 4 min walk E
3100 N Central Ave — 2,498 tickets, 6 min walk E
5500 W Belmont Ave — 1,608 tickets, 6 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3206 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
5550 W Belmont Ave — red-light camera, 6 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 30, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.