Chicago parking by block · Archer Heights · Ward 23

Parking at 4250 W 52nd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4200–4299 W 52nd St. Everything here is from City records — 19,484 parking tickets written across 128 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 850
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
5030 S Pulaski Rd (7 min walk) · 4989 S Archer Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 23, 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
Jul
13
Mon
Jul
14
Tue
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon

Streets to watch near 4250 W 52nd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 S Tripp Ave alone took 234 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning669 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,276 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks249 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks6,855 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,859 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks217 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5030 S Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 7 min walk NE
  • 4989 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
  • 4996 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
  • 5428 S Pulaski S Rd — speed camera, 8 min walk SE
  • 4929 S Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 9 min walk NE
  • 5433 S Pulaski Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 850 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 23, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.