Chicago parking by block · Brighton Park · Ward 12

Parking at 4450 S Drake Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4400–4499 S Drake Ave. Everything here is from City records — 9,452 parking tickets written across 66 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 2340
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 12, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
May
1
Fri
May
4
Mon
Jun
3
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 4450 S Drake Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4500 S Spaulding Ave alone took 283 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,770 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,141 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,999 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,090 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks1,247 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 2340 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 12, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.