Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 26

Parking at 4050 W Wabansia Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 W Wabansia Ave. Everything here is from City records — 44,463 parking tickets written across 133 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 13

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4042 W North Ave (2 min walk) · 4053 W North Ave (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 4050 W Wabansia Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1900 N Ridgeway Ave alone took 340 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,967 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

1900 N Ridgeway Ave — 340 tickets, 10 min walk NE
4000 W Kamerling Ave — 282 tickets, 9 min walk S
1600 N Lawndale Ave — 273 tickets, 10 min walk E

Permit zones13,351 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

2000 N Keystone Ave — 707 tickets, 9 min walk N
1700 N Keystone Ave — 670 tickets, 2 min walk N
1900 N Keystone Ave — 644 tickets, 7 min walk N

City sticker checks74 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

4300 W Wabansia Ave — 74 tickets, 6 min walk W

Plate checks4,592 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

1400 N Springfield — 407 tickets, 7 min walk SE
1600 N Karlov Ave — 381 tickets, 2 min walk S
4300 W Cortland St — 376 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Posted restrictions5,520 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

1800 N Kedvale Ave — 660 tickets, 4 min walk NW
1700 N Kedvale Ave — 590 tickets, 3 min walk NW
1900 N Pulaski Rd — 545 tickets, 7 min walk N

Metered blocks14,920 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

4100 W North Ave — 2,179 tickets, 3 min walk SW
4200 W North Ave — 1,903 tickets, 5 min walk SW
4000 W Armitage Avenue — 1,801 tickets, 8 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4042 W North Ave — speed camera, 2 min walk S
4053 W North Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk S
1754 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 3 min walk NE
3950 W North Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk SE
1579 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 4 min walk SE
4007 W Armitage Ave — red-light 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.

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 26, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.