Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 5950 W Dakin St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 W Dakin St. Everything here is from City records — 10,411 parking tickets written across 140 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?

3947 N Austin Ave (1 min walk) · 6009 W Irving Park Rd (2 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 5950 W Dakin St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 N Marmora Ave alone took 206 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,099 tickets

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

4100 N Marmora Ave — 206 tickets, 5 min walk N
5600 W Dakin St — 155 tickets, 8 min walk E
3900 N Menard Ave — 131 tickets, 4 min walk E

Permit zones923 tickets

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

4000 N Mcvicker Ave — 341 tickets, 3 min walk NW
6300 W Cuyler Ave — 238 tickets, 10 min walk W
4100 N Mcvicker Ave — 205 tickets, 6 min walk N

City sticker checks272 tickets

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

6000 W Berteau Ave — 130 tickets, 7 min walk N
4200 N Mcvicker Ave — 99 tickets, 8 min walk N
6000 W Warwick Ave — 43 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Plate checks3,776 tickets

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

4200 N Marmora Ave — 159 tickets, 7 min walk N
4000 N Mason Ave — 156 tickets, 3 min walk N
4200 N Monitor Ave — 149 tickets, 8 min walk N

Posted restrictions875 tickets

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

5900 W Addison St — 309 tickets, 9 min walk S
6000 W Addison Street — 188 tickets, 9 min walk S
6100 W Addison St — 144 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Metered blocks573 tickets

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

6000 W Irving Park Road — 397 tickets, 3 min walk W
5900 W Irving Park Rd — 176 tickets, 2 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3947 N Austin Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk NW
6009 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 2 min walk NW
3665 N Austin Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk S
6226 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 7 min walk W
5601 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
6001 W Addison St — red-light camera, 9 min walk S

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.