Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 47

Parking at 4250 N Bell Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4200–4299 N Bell Ave. Everything here is from City records — 34,536 parking tickets written across 143 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4432 N Lincoln Ave (5 min walk) · 4353 N Western Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 11. 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 4250 N Bell Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4400 N Winchester Ave alone took 306 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,926 tickets

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

4400 N Winchester Ave — 306 tickets, 9 min walk NE
2000 W Montrose Ave — 281 tickets, 5 min walk NE
4400 N Seeley Ave — 251 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Permit zones551 tickets

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

1900 W Cuyler Ave — 231 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2100 W Eastwood Ave — 208 tickets, 10 min walk N
1900 W Warner Ave — 112 tickets, 8 min walk E

City sticker checks706 tickets

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

2400 W Hutchinson St — 209 tickets, 5 min walk W
4400 N Lincoln — 157 tickets, 5 min walk N
2400 W Warner Ave — 122 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Plate checks6,695 tickets

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

2400 W Pensacola Ave — 331 tickets, 6 min walk W
2300 W Sunnyside Ave — 277 tickets, 7 min walk NW
4400 N Artesian Ave — 270 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Posted restrictions389 tickets

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

2500 W Sunnyside Ave — 208 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4500 N Campbell Ave — 181 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Metered blocks19,991 tickets

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

4500 N Lincoln Ave — 4,454 tickets, 7 min walk N
4600 N Lincoln Ave — 2,700 tickets, 9 min walk N
1900 W Montrose Ave — 1,482 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4432 N Lincoln Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk N
4353 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk NW
2380 W Montrose Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk NW
4433 N Western Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk NW
4436 N Western Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk NW
2501 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 10 min walk SW

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 47, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.