Chicago parking by block · Grand Boulevard · Ward 4

Parking at 4450 S Cottage Grove Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4400–4499 S Cottage Grove Ave. Everything here is from City records — 24,714 parking tickets written across 122 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

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 4, section 5. 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 S Cottage Grove Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4600 S Evans Ave alone took 416 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,692 tickets

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

4600 S Evans Ave — 416 tickets, 6 min walk S
800 E 44th St — 411 tickets, 2 min walk NE
900 E 46th St — 377 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Plate checks16,356 tickets

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

4600 S Drexel Blvd — 1,281 tickets, 6 min walk SE
4500 S Drexel Blvd — 1,050 tickets, 3 min walk SE
4400 S Drexel Blvd — 789 tickets, 3 min walk E

Posted restrictions254 tickets

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

900 E 45th St — 162 tickets, 4 min walk E
600 E 47th St — 92 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Metered blocks1,771 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

700 E 47th St — 1,289 tickets, 6 min walk S
4700 S Cottage Grove Ave — 482 tickets, 8 min walk S

Other enforcement420 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4500 S Cottage Grove — 420 tickets, 2 min walk S

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 4, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.