Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 4150 N Dickinson Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4100–4199 N Dickinson Ave. Everything here is from City records — 19,817 parking tickets written across 132 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
4361 N Milwaukee Ave (6 min walk) · 5040 W Montrose Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue
Nov
6
Fri
Nov
9
Mon

Streets to watch near 4150 N Dickinson Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 W Hutchinson St alone took 128 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,803 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,646 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks58 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks5,960 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,143 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks8,538 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4361 N Milwaukee Avered-light camera, 6 min walk N
  • 5040 W Montrose Avered-light camera, 6 min walk N
  • 5148 Irving Park Rdred-light camera, 6 min walk SW
  • 5205 W Irving Park Rdred-light camera, 7 min walk SW
  • 4653 W Irving Park Rdred-light camera, 9 min walk SE
  • 4650 W Irving Park Rdred-light camera, 10 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 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 38, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.