Parking at 5050 W Carmen Ave
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Parking at this address

5050 W Carmen Ave

Ward 45, cleaning section 20 · 6,469 parking tickets were written across 111 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
Then Monday, October 26. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
2
4949 W Lawrence Ave (8 min walk) · 4909 N Cicero Ave (9 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5300 W Foster Ave alone took 93 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning486 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5300 W Foster Ave — 93, 7 min walk W
  • 4900 W Ainslie St — 79, 7 min walk SE
  • 5200 W Winona St — 63, 4 min walk W
  • 5200 N Lieb Ave — 59, 10 min walk NW
  • 5200 W Carmen Ave — 59, 4 min walk W
Permit zones699 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 5100 W Strong St — 149, 5 min walk SW
  • 5100 W Ainslie St — 97, 6 min walk S
  • 5300 W Carmen Ave — 80, 8 min walk W
  • 5200 W Strong St — 79, 6 min walk SW
  • 5300 W Winnemac Ave — 77, 7 min walk W
City sticker checks133 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 5200 N Laramie Ave — 50, 5 min walk NW
  • 5200 N Leclaire Ave — 42, 3 min walk N
  • 5000 N Leclaire Ave — 41, 2 min walk S
Plate checks2,703 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5000 N Northwest Hwy — 255, 10 min walk W
  • 5000 W Argyle St — 205, 3 min walk S
  • 5000 W Carmen Ave — 149, 2 min walk E
  • 4800 W Ainslie St — 130, 8 min walk SE
  • 4800 W Gunnison St — 115, 9 min walk SE
Posted restrictions44 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 4900 N Laramie Ave — 44, 6 min walk SW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, section 20. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May26Tue
May27Wed
Aug10Mon
Aug11Tue
Oct23Fri
Oct26Mon

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, October 23.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
2 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.