Parking at 4050 W Lake
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 W Lake. Everything here is from City records — 16,064 parking tickets written across 97 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 28, section 7. 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 Lake
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3900 W Monroe St alone took 445 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 3900 W Monroe St — 445 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 4100 W Wilcox St — 371 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 4100 W Washington Blvd — 322 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 200 N Hamlin — 92 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 200 N Keystone Ave — 85 tickets, 2 min walk S
- 4000 W Wilcox — 379 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 4200 W Carroll Ave — 70 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 4000 W West End — 42 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 3800 W Monroe — 363 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 4000 W Monroe St — 271 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 0 N Hamlin Boulevard — 248 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 3900 W Washington Blvd — 90 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3900 W Madison — 883 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 0 N Pulaski Rd — 194 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 4000 W Madison — 2,777 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 3800 W Madison Street — 1,546 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4200 W Madison — 325 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 300 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
- 269 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
- 3801 W Madison St — red-light camera, 9 min walk SE
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 3 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 28, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.