Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 47

Parking at 4050 N Damen Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 N Damen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 24,510 parking tickets written across 145 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 15

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 1446

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

1607 W Irving Park Rd (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 9. 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 4050 N Damen Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4300 N Wolcott Ave alone took 234 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,737 tickets

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

4300 N Wolcott Ave — 234 tickets, 9 min walk N
1700 W Belle Plaine Ave — 185 tickets, 8 min walk E
4300 N Winchester Ave — 182 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones4,899 tickets

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

3900 N Marshfield Ave — 464 tickets, 9 min walk E
4000 N Hermitage Ave — 393 tickets, 7 min walk E
3800 N Marshfield Ave — 368 tickets, 10 min walk E

City sticker checks65 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

4100 N Claremont Ave — 65 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Plate checks3,756 tickets

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

4000 N Ravenswood Ave — 267 tickets, 5 min walk E
4000 N Paulina St — 209 tickets, 9 min walk E
1800 W Byron St — 180 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Posted restrictions83 tickets

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

4300 N Honore St — 83 tickets, 10 min walk N

Metered blocks9,719 tickets

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

4000 N Lincoln Ave — 1,261 tickets, 2 min walk NW
1900 W Irving Park Rd — 1,054 tickets, 1 min walk E
4100 N Lincoln Ave — 1,025 tickets, 4 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1607 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk E

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1446 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 47, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.