Chicago parking by block · Brighton Park · Ward 12

Parking at 2850 W 42nd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2800–2899 W 42nd St. Everything here is from City records — 34,775 parking tickets written across 138 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 16

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 4. 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 2850 W 42nd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2800 W 38th St alone took 543 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,720 tickets

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

2800 W 38th St — 543 tickets, 9 min walk N
3000 W 40th St — 428 tickets, 7 min walk NW
2900 W 38th Pl — 381 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones13,309 tickets

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

3100 W 41st Pl — 770 tickets, 7 min walk W
2800 W 40th St — 605 tickets, 4 min walk N
3100 W 42nd Pl — 536 tickets, 7 min walk W

Plate checks3,480 tickets

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

3100 W 40th Pl — 489 tickets, 8 min walk NW
3000 W 41st St — 472 tickets, 5 min walk W
4500 S Francisco Ave — 379 tickets, 9 min walk S

Posted restrictions5,735 tickets

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

4100 S Archer Ave — 1,087 tickets, 2 min walk W
3100 W 45th St — 308 tickets, 10 min walk SW
3900 S Albany Ave — 289 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Metered blocks4,343 tickets

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

4300 S Archer Ave — 1,247 tickets, 9 min walk SW
4200 S Archer Ave — 662 tickets, 6 min walk SW
4200 S Sacramento Ave — 436 tickets, 3 min walk SW

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 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.