Parking at 5450 W Thomas St
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Parking at this address

5450 W Thomas St

Ward 37, cleaning section 3 · 18,268 parking tickets were written across 140 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
Then Tuesday, September 29 · Tuesday, November 10 · Thursday, November 12. 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
804 N Central Ave (8 min walk) · 5607 W Chicago Ave (9 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W Crystal alone took 425 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,350 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5200 W Crystal — 425, 7 min walk NE
  • 5200 W Potomac — 360, 8 min walk NE
  • 1200 N Lockwood — 299, 6 min walk NE
  • 5300 W Potomac — 294, 5 min walk NE
  • 1200 N Laramie Ave — 284, 9 min walk NE
Permit zones2,398 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1000 N Parkside Ave — 401, 4 min walk W
  • 5100 W Crystal St — 323, 9 min walk NE
  • 5500 W Potomac — 297, 5 min walk NW
  • 1100 N Parkside Ave — 293, 4 min walk W
  • 1100 N Massasoit Ave — 275, 7 min walk W
Plate checks4,843 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5300 W Hirsch — 347, 8 min walk NE
  • 5300 W Crystal — 289, 5 min walk NE
  • 1300 N Lorel — 258, 7 min walk NE
  • 5500 W Hirsch St — 227, 8 min walk N
  • 700 N Pine — 214, 10 min walk S
Posted restrictions65 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
  • 5600 W Augusta Blvd — 65, 5 min walk SW
Other enforcement285 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 1300 N Laramie Ave — 192, 10 min walk NE
  • 5600 W Division — 49, 5 min walk NW
  • 5500 W Chicago — 44, 8 min walk S

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 37, section 3. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr7Tue
Apr8Wed
May19Tue
May20Wed
Jul2Thu
Jul6Mon
Aug14Fri
Aug17Mon
Sep28Mon
Sep29Tue
Nov10Tue
Nov12Thu

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, September 28.
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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.