Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 4050 N Narragansett Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 N Narragansett Ave. Everything here is from City records — 4,386 parking tickets written across 84 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 341
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
6350 W Irving Pk Rd (1 min walk) · 6401 W Irving Pk Rd (1 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 9. 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
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Sep
30
Wed
Oct
1
Thu

Streets to watch near 4050 N Narragansett Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4000 N Meade Ave alone took 119 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning783 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones838 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,336 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions65 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks397 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 6350 W Irving Pk Rd — red-light camera, 1 min walk SE
  • 6401 W Irving Pk Rd — red-light camera, 1 min walk SW
  • 6226 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 4 min walk E
  • 6009 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 341 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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 38, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.