Parking at 5250 S Damen Ave
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Parking at this address

5250 S Damen Ave

Ward 16, cleaning section 1 · 13,970 parking tickets were written across 113 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, November 4
Then Thursday, November 5. 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?
None
No speed or red-light camera within a 10-minute walk.

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5000 S Damen Ave alone took 378 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,643 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5000 S Damen Ave — 378, 6 min walk N
  • 4900 S Damen Ave — 281, 10 min walk N
  • 4900 S Hoyne Ave — 273, 10 min walk N
  • 5600 S Wolcott Ave — 273, 9 min walk S
  • 1900 W 51st St — 269, 5 min walk N
Permit zones386 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 2200 W 50th Pl — 386, 9 min walk NW
City sticker checks61 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 2100 W Garfield Blvd — 61, 7 min walk SW
Plate checks4,329 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1800 W 50th St — 221, 8 min walk NE
  • 5200 S Marshfield Ave — 199, 9 min walk E
  • 5500 S Wood St — 186, 8 min walk SE
  • 5300 S Wood St — 185, 6 min walk E
  • 5300 S Honore St — 174, 4 min walk E
Posted restrictions2,045 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 4900 S Winchester Ave — 542, 9 min walk N
  • 4900 S Wolcott Ave — 538, 9 min walk N
  • 4900 S Honore St — 424, 10 min walk NE
  • 4900 S Seeley Ave — 359, 9 min walk N
  • 1800 W 51st St — 100, 7 min walk NE

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 16, section 1. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr1Wed
Apr2Thu
Jun11Thu
Jun12Fri
Aug24Mon
Aug25Tue
Nov4Wed
Nov5Thu

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, November 4.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
None nearby, but the app warns you anywhere in the city.
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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.