Parking at 5250 W Foster Ave
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5250 W Foster Ave

Ward 45, cleaning section 18 · 7,710 parking tickets were written across 115 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Monday, October 19
Then Tuesday, October 20. 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?
3
5272 N Central Ave (9 min walk) · �5310 N Milwaukee Ave (10 min walk) · 5471 W Higgins Rd (10 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 2 min walk away.

Street cleaning607 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5300 W Foster Ave — 93, 2 min walk W
  • 5200 N Ludlam Ave — 79, 6 min walk NW
  • 5400 W Gale St — 79, 8 min walk SW
  • 5200 W Winona St — 63, 2 min walk SE
  • 5200 N Lieb Ave — 59, 4 min walk NW
Permit zones1,243 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 5500 W Edmunds St — 244, 10 min walk SW
  • 4900 N Lester Ave — 170, 8 min walk SW
  • 5100 W Strong St — 149, 7 min walk SE
  • 5100 N Lovejoy Ave — 130, 6 min walk W
  • 5100 W Ainslie St — 97, 9 min walk SE
City sticker checks133 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 5200 N Laramie Ave — 50, 2 min walk NE
  • 5200 N Leclaire Ave — 42, 5 min walk E
  • 5000 N Leclaire Ave — 41, 7 min walk SE
Plate checks2,512 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5000 N Northwest Hwy — 255, 6 min walk SW
  • 5000 W Argyle St — 205, 8 min walk SE
  • 5500 W Higgins Ave — 156, 10 min walk SW
  • 5000 W Carmen Ave — 149, 8 min walk E
  • 5100 N Northwest Hwy — 147, 8 min walk W
Posted restrictions44 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 4900 N Laramie Ave — 44, 8 min walk S

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, section 18. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May19Tue
May20Wed
Aug4Tue
Aug5Wed
Oct19Mon
Oct20Tue

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, October 19.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
3 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.