Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 4450 N Melvina Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4400–4499 N Melvina Ave. Everything here is from City records — 5,677 parking tickets written across 101 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 8. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 4450 N Melvina Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5900 W Eastwood Ave alone took 131 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,099 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

5900 W Eastwood Ave — 131 tickets, 9 min walk NE
5900 W Belle Plaine Ave — 90 tickets, 10 min walk SE
5900 W Berteau Ave — 84 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Permit zones610 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

6300 W Cuyler Ave — 238 tickets, 10 min walk S
4100 N Mcvicker Ave — 205 tickets, 7 min walk SE
6200 W Giddings St — 57 tickets, 8 min walk N

City sticker checks229 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

6000 W Berteau Ave — 130 tickets, 7 min walk SE
4200 N Mcvicker Ave — 99 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Plate checks2,895 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

4200 N Marmora Ave — 159 tickets, 9 min walk SE
4300 N Austin Ave — 142 tickets, 5 min walk E
4400 N Monitor Ave — 114 tickets, 9 min walk E

Posted restrictions65 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

6000 W Belle Plaine Ave — 65 tickets, 9 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 38, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.