Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 29

Parking at 5950 W Dickens Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 W Dickens Ave. Everything here is from City records — 21,276 parking tickets written across 105 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

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 29, 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 W Dickens Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5900 W Wabansia Ave alone took 267 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,441 tickets

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

5900 W Wabansia Ave — 267 tickets, 10 min walk S
6000 W Fullerton Ave — 258 tickets, 9 min walk N
2100 N Moody Ave — 242 tickets, 6 min walk W

Permit zones7,598 tickets

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

2100 N Mango Ave — 678 tickets, 5 min walk E
2000 N Parkside — 662 tickets, 7 min walk E
2400 N Meade Ave — 630 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Plate checks5,334 tickets

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

2100 N Mcvicker Ave — 417 tickets, 4 min walk NW
2200 N Marmora Ave — 299 tickets, 4 min walk N
1700 N Mayfield Ave — 273 tickets, 8 min walk S

Posted restrictions3,474 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

1700 N Mason Ave — 570 tickets, 8 min walk S
2100 N Parkside — 504 tickets, 7 min walk E
1700 N Austin Ave — 392 tickets, 8 min walk S

Other enforcement238 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2300 N Austin Ave — 92 tickets, 7 min walk N
2200 N Austin Ave — 83 tickets, 5 min walk NW
5500 W Homer St — 63 tickets, 10 min walk SE

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 29, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.