Chicago parking by block · Uptown · Ward 46

Parking at 4050 N Clarendon Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 N Clarendon Ave. Everything here is from City records — 94,416 parking tickets written across 102 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 827
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
1142 W Irving Park Rd (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 46, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Jul
13
Mon
Jul
14
Tue
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
5
Thu

Streets to watch near 4050 N Clarendon Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 N Broadway alone took 1,405 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning24,663 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones6,305 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,206 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions10,391 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks47,763 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1142 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 10 min walk W

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 827 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 cameras nearby.
  • 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 46, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.