Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 39

Parking at 4250 N Springfield Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4200–4299 N Springfield Ave. Everything here is from City records — 36,301 parking tickets written across 145 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 27
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 2065
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
4010 N Pulaski Rd (7 min walk) · 3960 W Irving Park Rd (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, 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
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 4250 N Springfield Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 W Montrose Ave alone took 629 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,547 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones5,835 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks106 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks9,056 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions6,176 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks7,480 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement62 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4010 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
  • 3960 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
  • 4020 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
  • 3647 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 2065 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 39, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.