Chicago parking by block · North Park · Ward 50

Parking at 6050 N Bernard St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6000–6099 N Bernard St. Everything here is from City records — 5,168 parking tickets written across 88 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?

3137 W Peterson Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 50, section 14. 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 6050 N Bernard St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3400 W Hollywood Ave alone took 159 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,745 tickets

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

3400 W Hollywood Ave — 159 tickets, 9 min walk S
6000 N Albany Ave — 156 tickets, 9 min walk E
3400 W Ardmore Ave — 153 tickets, 6 min walk S

Permit zones450 tickets

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

5600 N St Louis Ave — 188 tickets, 10 min walk S
6300 N Monticello Ave — 93 tickets, 9 min walk NW
6300 N Central Park Ave — 75 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Plate checks1,421 tickets

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

5700 N Christiana — 220 tickets, 8 min walk S
5800 N Bernard — 171 tickets, 4 min walk S
5700 N Kimball — 113 tickets, 8 min walk S

Posted restrictions658 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

5700 N Spaulding Ave — 254 tickets, 9 min walk SE
3300 W Hollywood Ave — 129 tickets, 9 min walk S
3300 W Ardmore Ave — 111 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3137 W Peterson Ave — speed camera, 6 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 1 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 50, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.