Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 5850 W Sunnyside Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 W Sunnyside Ave. Everything here is from City records — 8,387 parking tickets written across 135 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 7. 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 Sunnyside Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 N Marmora Ave alone took 206 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,660 tickets

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

4100 N Marmora Ave — 206 tickets, 9 min walk S
5900 W Eastwood Ave — 131 tickets, 4 min walk NW
5800 W Eastwood Ave — 113 tickets, 4 min walk N

Permit zones351 tickets

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

4100 N Mcvicker Ave — 205 tickets, 10 min walk SW
4100 N Mango Ave — 90 tickets, 10 min walk S
4600 N Melvina Ave — 56 tickets, 10 min walk NW

City sticker checks229 tickets

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

6000 W Berteau Ave — 130 tickets, 9 min walk SW
4200 N Mcvicker Ave — 99 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Plate checks5,106 tickets

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

5500 W Agatite Ave — 166 tickets, 8 min walk E
4200 N Marmora Ave — 159 tickets, 7 min walk S
6000 W Lawrence Ave — 152 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Posted restrictions159 tickets

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

5500 W Montrose Ave — 104 tickets, 8 min walk E
5900 W Lawrence Ave — 55 tickets, 8 min walk N

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.