Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 4150 N Mcvicker Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4100–4199 N Mcvicker Ave. Everything here is from City records — 8,992 parking tickets written across 133 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 341

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

6009 W Irving Park Rd (4 min walk) · 3947 N Austin Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 9. 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 4150 N Mcvicker Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 N Marmora Ave alone took 206 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,072 tickets

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

4100 N Marmora Ave — 206 tickets, 4 min walk E
3900 N Menard Ave — 131 tickets, 9 min walk SE
5900 W Grace St — 120 tickets, 10 min walk S

Permit zones977 tickets

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

4000 N Mcvicker Ave — 341 tickets, 3 min walk S
6300 W Cuyler Ave — 238 tickets, 8 min walk SW
4100 N Mcvicker Ave — 205 tickets, 1 min walk N

City sticker checks229 tickets

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

6000 W Berteau Ave — 130 tickets, 1 min walk NE
4200 N Mcvicker Ave — 99 tickets, 2 min walk N

Plate checks4,046 tickets

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

4200 N Marmora Ave — 159 tickets, 4 min walk NE
4000 N Mason Ave — 156 tickets, 4 min walk SE
4200 N Monitor Ave — 149 tickets, 5 min walk E

Posted restrictions65 tickets

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

6000 W Belle Plaine Ave — 65 tickets, 2 min walk SE

Metered blocks573 tickets

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

6000 W Irving Park Road — 397 tickets, 4 min walk S
5900 W Irving Park Rd — 176 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

6009 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 4 min walk S
3947 N Austin Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
6226 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 6 min walk SW
6350 W Irving Pk Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 341 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.