Parking at 4250 W Foster
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4200–4299 W Foster. Everything here is from City records — 4,255 parking tickets written across 57 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 39, 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 W Foster
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 N Kilpatrick Ave alone took 135 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 4900 N Kilpatrick Ave — 135 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 4900 N Kentucky Ave — 131 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 4400 W Ainslie St — 117 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 5100 N Lowell Ave — 114 tickets, 2 min walk SW
- 5100 N Springfield Ave — 308 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 5000 N Harding Ave — 234 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4800 N Kenneth Ave — 153 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 4900 N Pulaski Rd — 400 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 3900 W Argyle St — 270 tickets, 9 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4124 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk E
- 5210 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
- 5120 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 7 min walk E
- 3970 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
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 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.
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 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.