Chicago parking by block · North Park · Ward 39

Parking at 5950 N Kimball Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 N Kimball Ave. Everything here is from City records — 9,856 parking tickets written across 100 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?

3137 W Peterson Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, 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 5950 N Kimball Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3400 W Hollywood Ave alone took 159 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,374 tickets

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

3400 W Hollywood Ave — 159 tickets, 6 min walk S
6000 N Albany Ave — 156 tickets, 8 min walk NE
3400 W Ardmore Ave — 153 tickets, 4 min walk S

Permit zones977 tickets

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

5600 N Bernard St — 278 tickets, 8 min walk S
5500 N St Louis Ave — 213 tickets, 10 min walk S
5600 N St Louis Ave — 188 tickets, 8 min walk S

Plate checks1,621 tickets

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

5700 N Christiana — 220 tickets, 5 min walk S
5800 N Bernard — 171 tickets, 2 min walk SW
3200 W Hollywood Ave — 129 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Posted restrictions1,360 tickets

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

5700 N Spaulding Ave — 254 tickets, 6 min walk SE
3200 W Olive Ave — 231 tickets, 9 min walk SE
5500 N Christiana Ave — 199 tickets, 10 min walk S

Metered blocks3,577 tickets

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

3200 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,336 tickets, 9 min walk S
3300 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 1,070 tickets, 9 min walk S
5600 N Spaulding Ave — 426 tickets, 8 min walk S

Other enforcement45 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3000 W Peterson — 45 tickets, 9 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3137 W Peterson Ave — 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 1 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 39, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.