Parking at 4050 W 81st St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 W 81st St. Everything here is from City records — 4,848 parking tickets written across 104 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 18, section 17. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 4050 W 81st St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3800 W 83rd St alone took 169 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 3800 W 83rd St — 169 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 3900 W 83rd St — 137 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3900 W 82nd St — 104 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 3800 W 80th St — 104 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 3800 W 79th — 95 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 3900 W 84th St — 118 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 8300 S Karlov Ave — 41 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 3800 W 84th Pl — 271 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 3600 W 81st St — 190 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 3700 W 83rd Pl — 168 tickets, 9 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3960 W 79th St — red-light camera, 7 min walk N
- 7890 S Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk N
- 3851 W 79th St — speed camera, 7 min walk NE
- 3832 W 79th St — speed camera, 7 min walk NE
- 7833 S Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 8 min walk N
- 7826 S Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 8 min walk N
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.
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 18, section 17. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.