Parking at 4250 S Wallace St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4200–4299 S Wallace St. Everything here is from City records — 6,742 parking tickets written across 80 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 11, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 4250 S Wallace St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 500 W 44th St alone took 227 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
- 500 W 44th St — 227 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 500 W 45th St — 186 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 4500 S Emerald Ave — 149 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 900 W Exchange Ave — 402 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 300 W 42nd Pl — 333 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 4400 S Union Ave — 248 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 700 W Root St — 88 tickets, 4 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 655 W. Root St. — speed camera, 2 min walk NW
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 1 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.
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 11, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.