Parking at 5850 W Carmen
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Parking at this address

5850 W Carmen

Ward 45, cleaning section 10 · 6,111 parking tickets were written across 122 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
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?
5
6020 W Foster Ave (5 min walk) · 5665 W Foster Ave (6 min walk) · 5242 N Northwest Hwy (6 min walk) +2 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 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning844 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5600 W Higgins Ave — 132, 6 min walk SE
  • 5000 N Mango Ave — 127, 3 min walk SE
  • 5700 W Higgins Ave — 121, 6 min walk SE
  • 5400 N Monitor Ave — 97, 8 min walk N
  • 5800 W Higgins Ave — 67, 3 min walk S
Permit zones377 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 5500 W Edmunds St — 244, 10 min walk SE
  • 5100 N Austin Ave — 83, 4 min walk W
  • 5000 N Marmora Ave — 50, 2 min walk SW
City sticker checks139 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 5000 N Parkside Ave — 85, 6 min walk E
  • 5600 W Grover St — 54, 8 min walk SE
Plate checks3,459 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 6000 W Lawrence Ave — 152, 10 min walk SW
  • 5100 N Northwest Hwy — 147, 8 min walk E
  • 4900 N Mason Ave — 146, 4 min walk SW
  • 5700 W Lawrence Ave — 126, 9 min walk S
  • 5500 W Farragut Ave — 123, 9 min walk NE
Posted restrictions55 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 5900 W Lawrence Ave — 55, 9 min walk S

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

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, September 24.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
5 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.