Chicago parking by block · Dunning · Ward 38
Parking at 4050 N Plainfield Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 N Plainfield Ave. Everything here is from City records — 1,088 parking tickets written across 39 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?
Zone 1792
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 4050 N Plainfield Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3800 N Panama Ave alone took 55 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning95 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3800 N Panama Ave — 55 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 3900 N Pacific Ave — 40 tickets, 8 min walk E
Permit zones165 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3900 N Plainfield Ave — 96 tickets, 2 min walk S
- 4000 N Pontiac Ave — 69 tickets, 1 min walk W
Plate checks333 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3700 N Pioneer Ave — 72 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 3600 N Pittsburgh — 47 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 3700 N Pontiac Ave — 46 tickets, 7 min walk S
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1792 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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.
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 26. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.