Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 30

Parking at 5950 W Eddy St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 W Eddy St. Everything here is from City records — 10,611 parking tickets written across 136 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, October 19

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3577 N Austin Ave (1 min walk) · 6001 W Addison St (2 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 10. 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 Eddy St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 W Cornelia Ave alone took 156 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,742 tickets

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

5600 W Cornelia Ave — 156 tickets, 8 min walk E
6100 W Eddy St — 145 tickets, 4 min walk W
3500 N Meade Ave — 124 tickets, 4 min walk W

Permit zones1,369 tickets

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

5600 W Eddy St — 278 tickets, 8 min walk E
5600 W Patterson Ave — 236 tickets, 8 min walk E
5700 W Eddy St — 170 tickets, 5 min walk E

City sticker checks157 tickets

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

6200 W Newport Ave — 64 tickets, 8 min walk W
3500 N Mobile Ave — 50 tickets, 9 min walk W
6000 W Warwick Ave — 43 tickets, 6 min walk NW

Plate checks2,647 tickets

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

5600 W Newport Ave — 158 tickets, 8 min walk E
6100 W School St — 120 tickets, 8 min walk SW
3600 N Menard Ave — 113 tickets, 4 min walk NE

Posted restrictions1,491 tickets

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

5900 W Addison St — 309 tickets, 1 min walk N
5700 W Addison St — 277 tickets, 6 min walk E
5500 W Addison St — 227 tickets, 10 min walk E

Metered blocks458 tickets

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

6000 W Belmont Ave — 344 tickets, 9 min walk S
3200 N Major Ave — 114 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Other enforcement107 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 N Mobile Ave — 107 tickets, 9 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3577 N Austin Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk NW
6001 W Addison St — red-light camera, 2 min walk NW
3665 N Austin Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk N
5619 W Addison St — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
3602 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 9 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 5 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 30, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.