Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 47

Parking at 4250 N N Branch Chicago River

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4200–4299 N N Branch Chicago River. Everything here is from City records — 15,171 parking tickets written across 113 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
2721 W Montrose Ave (5 min walk) · 2712 W Irving Park Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 12. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
1
Fri
May
4
Mon
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Aug
26
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 4250 N N Branch Chicago River

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4400 N Western alone took 249 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,105 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones488 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks549 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks4,324 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions595 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks2,828 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2721 W Montrose Avespeed camera, 5 min walk NW
  • 2712 W Irving Park Avespeed camera, 6 min walk S
  • 2705 W Irving Park Avespeed camera, 6 min walk S
  • 2782 W Irving Park Rdred-light camera, 7 min walk SW
  • 2501 W Irving Park Rdspeed camera, 7 min walk SE
  • 4353 N Western Avered-light camera, 7 min walk NE

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 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.