When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
Then Friday, September 25. 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?
6
5665 W Foster Ave (4 min walk) · 5242 N Northwest Hwy (4 min walk) · �5310 N Milwaukee Ave (5 min walk) +3 more
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 W Higgins Ave alone took 132 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning817 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 5600 W Higgins Ave — 132, 4 min walk SE
- 5000 N Mango Ave — 127, 1 min walk S
- 5700 W Higgins Ave — 121, 4 min walk SE
- 5400 N Monitor Ave — 97, 8 min walk N
- 5200 N Ludlam Ave — 79, 9 min walk NE
Permit zones748 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 5500 W Edmunds St — 244, 8 min walk SE
- 4900 N Lester Ave — 170, 9 min walk SE
- 5100 N Lovejoy Ave — 130, 8 min walk E
- 5100 N Austin Ave — 83, 6 min walk W
- 5100 N Lotus Ave — 71, 9 min walk E
City sticker checks139 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 5000 N Parkside Ave — 85, 3 min walk SE
- 5600 W Grover St — 54, 6 min walk SE
Plate checks3,811 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 5000 N Northwest Hwy — 255, 9 min walk E
- 5500 W Higgins Ave — 156, 9 min walk SE
- 5100 N Northwest Hwy — 147, 5 min walk E
- 4900 N Mason Ave — 146, 6 min walk SW
- 5600 W Lawrence Ave — 141, 10 min walk SE
Posted restrictions55 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 5900 W Lawrence Ave — 55, 10 min walk SW
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 45, section 10. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr27Mon
Apr28Tue
Jul13Mon
Jul14Tue
Sep24Thu
Sep25Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, September 24.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras6 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.