Chicago parking by block · Brighton Park · Ward 12

Parking at 2650 W 42nd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2600–2699 W 42nd St. Everything here is from City records — 26,907 parking tickets written across 120 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 12, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 2650 W 42nd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2500 W 45th St alone took 498 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,633 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

2500 W 45th St — 498 tickets, 9 min walk S
4000 S Artesian Ave — 288 tickets, 6 min walk NE
2700 W 44th St — 288 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Permit zones11,301 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

2800 W 40th St — 605 tickets, 7 min walk NW
4500 S Rockwell St — 541 tickets, 8 min walk S
4300 S Fairfield Ave — 490 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Plate checks2,575 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

2400 W 45th St — 614 tickets, 8 min walk SE
2900 W 40th Pl — 332 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4500 S California Ave — 249 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Posted restrictions4,196 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

4100 S Archer Ave — 1,087 tickets, 9 min walk W
2600 W 42nd St — 283 tickets, 1 min walk N
4200 S Rockwell St — 281 tickets, 1 min walk SE

Metered blocks2,070 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

4200 S Sacramento Ave — 436 tickets, 10 min walk W
4100 S Francisco Ave — 315 tickets, 7 min walk W
3900 S Archer Ave — 314 tickets, 6 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.

The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.

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Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 12, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.