Chicago parking by block · Oakland · Ward 4

Parking at 4150 S Lake Shore

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4100–4199 S Lake Shore. Everything here is from City records — 10,268 parking tickets written across 52 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 15

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 4, 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 S Lake Shore

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 S Drexel Blvd alone took 292 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,594 tickets

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

4100 S Drexel Blvd — 292 tickets, 9 min walk W
4300 S Lake Park Ave — 237 tickets, 5 min walk S
4300 S Greenwood Ave — 199 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Permit zones2,394 tickets

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

4500 S Oakenwald Ave — 864 tickets, 10 min walk S
4000 S Oakenwald Ave — 438 tickets, 7 min walk NW
4300 S Oakenwald Ave — 360 tickets, 4 min walk S

Plate checks6,033 tickets

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

4000 S Lake Park Ave — 524 tickets, 7 min walk NW
900 E 40th St — 461 tickets, 7 min walk NW
4000 S Ellis Ave — 428 tickets, 7 min walk W

Other enforcement135 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1000 E Oakwood Blvd — 135 tickets, 10 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 4, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.