When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
Then Friday, October 16. 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?
4
3206 N Central Ave (4 min walk) · 5550 W Belmont Ave (4 min walk) · 5619 W Addison St (6 min walk) +1 more
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W School St alone took 318 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning7,338 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 5200 W School St — 318, 9 min walk E
- 5200 W Roscoe St — 232, 8 min walk E
- 3300 N Lockwood Ave — 230, 7 min walk E
- 5300 W Barry Ave — 229, 9 min walk SE
- 5600 W Wellington Ave — 223, 9 min walk S
Permit zones6,546 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 5400 W Melrose St — 378, 4 min walk SE
- 5400 W Barry Ave — 359, 7 min walk SE
- 5500 W School St — 356, 2 min walk SE
- 5200 W Henderson St — 331, 8 min walk E
- 3000 N Linder Ave — 315, 8 min walk S
Plate checks2,723 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 5300 W Roscoe St — 227, 6 min walk E
- 3500 N Long Ave — 212, 6 min walk NE
- 5300 W Newport Ave — 211, 6 min walk E
- 3000 N Parkside Ave — 188, 7 min walk S
- 5400 W Cornelia Ave — 178, 5 min walk NE
Posted restrictions1,517 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 5700 W Addison St — 277, 7 min walk NW
- 3300 N Laramie Ave — 244, 10 min walk E
- 5500 W Addison St — 227, 6 min walk N
- 3200 N Lockwood Ave — 202, 8 min walk SE
- 5400 W Addison St — 129, 6 min walk N
Metered blocks11,034 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 5600 W Belmont Ave — 2,692, 5 min walk SW
- 3100 N Central Ave — 2,498, 5 min walk S
- 5500 W Belmont Ave — 1,608, 4 min walk S
- 5200 W Belmont Ave — 781, 9 min walk SE
- 3100 N Luna Ave — 616, 5 min walk S
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 30, section 9. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr23Thu
Apr24Fri
Jun5Fri
Jun8Mon
Jul21Tue
Jul22Wed
Sep1Tue
Sep2Wed
Oct15Thu
Oct16Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, October 15.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras4 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
✓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.