Parking at 5450 W Cortland St
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Parking at this address

5450 W Cortland St

Ward 37, cleaning section 1 · 19,522 parking tickets were written across 107 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 22
Then Wednesday, September 23 · Wednesday, November 4 · 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?
1
5440 W Grand Ave (5 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1500 N Latrobe Ave alone took 423 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,808 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1500 N Latrobe Ave — 423, 10 min walk SE
  • 5200 W North Ave — 378, 9 min walk SE
  • 5500 W North Ave — 343, 7 min walk S
  • 5300 W North Ave — 301, 8 min walk SE
  • 1800 N Luna Ave — 259, 2 min walk SW
Permit zones2,778 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 2100 N Mango Ave — 678, 9 min walk NW
  • 2000 N Parkside — 662, 6 min walk NW
  • 1700 N Luna Ave — 409, 4 min walk SW
  • 1600 N Lockwood Ave — 327, 7 min walk SE
  • 1500 N Lorel Ave — 291, 9 min walk S
City sticker checks91 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 1500 N Central Ave — 91, 9 min walk S
Plate checks5,626 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 2100 N Latrobe Ave — 331, 9 min walk NE
  • 1700 N Linder Ave — 322, 4 min walk S
  • 2100 N Lorel Ave — 260, 7 min walk NE
  • 1500 N Long Ave — 243, 8 min walk S
  • 5500 W Bloomingdale — 221, 3 min walk SW
Posted restrictions3,943 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1600 N Luna — 529, 6 min walk S
  • 2100 N Parkside — 504, 8 min walk NW
  • 2100 N Lockwood Ave — 369, 8 min walk NE
  • 5600 W Grand — 350, 7 min walk NW
  • 2200 N Long Ave — 269, 9 min walk N

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 37, section 1. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr1Wed
Apr2Thu
May13Wed
May14Thu
Jun26Fri
Jun29Mon
Aug10Mon
Aug11Tue
Sep22Tue
Sep23Wed
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 Tuesday, September 22.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
1 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.