Parking at 5950 W Race Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 W Race Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,797 parking tickets written across 91 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 29, section 5. 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 W Race Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 500 N Pine Ave alone took 308 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 500 N Pine Ave — 308 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 100 N Mayfield Ave — 278 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 800 N Waller Ave — 273 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 5900 W Superior St — 622 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 5900 W Midway Park — 566 tickets, 2 min walk SW
- 5900 W Fulton St — 541 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 200 N Mason Ave — 295 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 5900 W Ohio St — 241 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 700 N Central Ave — 200 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 700 N Austin Blvd — 357 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 300 N Austin Blvd — 97 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 100 N Austin Blvd — 95 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 300 N Central Ave — 77 tickets, 9 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 466 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
- 5615 W Lake St — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
- 5607 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk NE
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 19 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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 29, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.