Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 39

Parking at 4450 N Lowell Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4400–4499 N Lowell Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,760 parking tickets written across 125 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 29
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
4791 N Elston Ave (9 min walk) · 4440 W Lawrence Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 4450 N Lowell Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4500 N Elston Ave alone took 627 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,127 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones538 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 checks7,301 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,262 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks3,788 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4791 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
  • 4440 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk N

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 2 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 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.