Chicago parking by address · Portage Park · Ward 45

Parking at 4050 N Milwaukee Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 N Milwaukee Ave. Everything here is from City records — 17,985 parking tickets written across 125 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
4653 W Irving Park Rd (5 min walk) · 4650 W Irving Park Rd (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed

Streets to watch near 4050 N Milwaukee Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 W Waveland Ave alone took 229 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,437 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 4700 W Waveland Ave — 229 tickets, 10 min walk S
  • 4800 W Warwick Ave — 158 tickets, 8 min walk S
  • 4800 W Waveland Ave — 139 tickets, 10 min walk S
Permit zones1,786 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 4800 W Dakin St — 507 tickets, 3 min walk S
  • 4900 W Hutchinson St — 260 tickets, 5 min walk NW
  • 4400 N La Crosse Ave — 159 tickets, 10 min walk N
City sticker checks108 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 3900 N Laramie Ave — 58 tickets, 9 min walk SW
  • 3700 N Lavergne Ave — 50 tickets, 8 min walk S
Plate checks4,398 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5000 W Pensacola Ave — 281 tickets, 9 min walk NW
  • 4700 W Byron St — 212 tickets, 6 min walk SE
  • 5100 W Cullom Ave — 196 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Posted restrictions876 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 3800 N Milwaukee — 401 tickets, 9 min walk SE
  • 4800 W Montrose Ave — 243 tickets, 8 min walk N
  • 5000 W Montrose Avenue — 112 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Metered blocks7,683 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 4000 N Milwaukee Ave — 2,360 tickets, 1 min walk N
  • 4800 W Irving Park Rd — 1,433 tickets, 2 min walk SE
  • 4000 N Laporte Ave — 1,360 tickets, 2 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4653 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 5 min walk SE
  • 4650 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
  • 5148 Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk W
  • 5205 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
  • 4361 N Milwaukee Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
  • 5040 W Montrose Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 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 45, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.