Parking at 4250 W School St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4200–4299 W School St. Everything here is from City records — 24,755 parking tickets written across 130 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 30, section 4. 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 School St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 W Barry Ave alone took 310 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
- 4100 W Barry Ave — 310 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3100 N Karlov Ave — 275 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3200 N Keeler Ave — 238 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 3100 N Springfield Ave — 771 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 4100 W Melrose St — 499 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 4000 W Wellington Ave — 484 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 3900 W Barry Ave — 444 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4100 W Nelson St — 343 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 3400 N Lowell Ave — 327 tickets, 4 min walk NW
- 3200 N Karlov Ave — 612 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 3400 N Pulaski Rd — 518 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 3200 N Pulaski Rd — 501 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 4000 W School St — 682 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 4000 W Melrose St — 595 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 3900 W School St — 421 tickets, 8 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4021 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk SE
- 4001 W Belmont Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
- 3204 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
- 3601 N Milwaukee Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk N
- 3230 N Milwaukee Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk E
- 4620 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 2046 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.
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 30, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.