Parking at 5950 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 N Lincoln Ave. Everything here is from City records — 11,327 parking tickets written across 109 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 50, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 5950 N Lincoln Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6200 N Francisco Ave alone took 279 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 6200 N Francisco Ave — 279 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 6100 N Mozart St — 231 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 2800 W Glenlake Ave — 211 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 6000 N Washtenaw Ave — 349 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 6000 N Fairfield Ave — 310 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 5900 N Sacramento — 225 tickets, 1 min walk E
- 5700 N Christiana — 220 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 6200 N California Ave — 184 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 3200 W Hollywood Ave — 129 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 6100 N Fairfield Ave — 328 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 6200 N Mozart St — 320 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 5700 N Spaulding Ave — 254 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 5600 N Spaulding Ave — 426 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 2700 W Peterson Ave — 184 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 5800 N Lincoln — 131 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 5700 N Lincoln Ave — 105 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3000 W Peterson — 45 tickets, 2 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3137 W Peterson Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk W
- 2801 W Peterson Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
- 5981 N California Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
- 2650 W Peterson Ave — speed camera, 10 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 4 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.
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 50, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.