When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
Then Monday, October 5. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Yes
Residential permit zone 720. A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
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: 5500 N Artesian Ave alone took 345 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning5,782 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 5500 N Artesian Ave — 345, 7 min walk E
- 5600 N Artesian Ave — 294, 8 min walk NE
- 5500 N Campbell Ave — 233, 6 min walk E
- 2400 W Bryn Mawr Ave — 230, 7 min walk NE
- 5400 N Artesian Ave — 220, 7 min walk E
Permit zones4,165 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2700 W Farragut Ave — 534, 6 min walk S
- 2500 W Balmoral — 476, 4 min walk SE
- 2500 W Catalpa — 310, 4 min walk E
- 2600 W Berwyn Ave — 300, 5 min walk S
- 5200 N Rockwell St — 276, 7 min walk SE
Plate checks1,432 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 5400 N Western Ave — 171, 8 min walk E
- 2600 W Ardmore Ave — 158, 8 min walk N
- 5600 N Rockwell St — 157, 5 min walk NE
- 5500 N Western Ave — 136, 8 min walk E
- 2600 W Carmen Ave — 133, 10 min walk S
Posted restrictions1,314 tickets
Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.
- 5400 N Campbell Ave — 241, 5 min walk E
- 5600 N Campbell — 199, 7 min walk NE
- 2400 W Balmoral — 194, 8 min walk E
- 2400 W Foster Ave — 190, 10 min walk SE
- 5300 N Rockwell St — 183, 4 min walk SE
Metered blocks1,689 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2700 W Winona St — 565, 9 min walk S
- 5400 N Lincoln Ave — 279, 4 min walk E
- 5600 N Western Ave — 260, 9 min walk NE
- 5200 N California Ave — 216, 7 min walk S
- 2800 W Foster Ave — 160, 8 min walk SW
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 40, section 14. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr21Tue
Apr22Wed
Jun15Mon
Jun16Tue
Aug10Mon
Aug11Tue
Oct2Fri
Oct5Mon
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, October 2.
✓Permit zoneThis block needs a zone permit; we flag the rules so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
–CamerasNone nearby, but the app warns you anywhere in the city.
✓City sticker & platesA missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
✓The tickets you still getContested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
✓What it costsThe average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.