Chicago parking by block · New City · Ward 11

Parking at 4450 S Packers

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4400–4499 S Packers. Everything here is from City records — 17,142 parking tickets written across 62 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

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 11, section 13. 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 Packers

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4500 S Paulina St alone took 329 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,012 tickets

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

4500 S Paulina St — 329 tickets, 9 min walk W
1500 W 46th St — 299 tickets, 7 min walk SW
4600 S Laflin St — 283 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Permit zones274 tickets

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

4700 S Marshfield Ave — 274 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Plate checks2,372 tickets

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

4800 S Elizabeth St — 329 tickets, 10 min walk S
4700 S Ada St — 232 tickets, 7 min walk S
4700 S Bishop St — 206 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,014 tickets

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

1400 W 44th St — 439 tickets, 4 min walk NW
1600 W 45th St — 268 tickets, 7 min walk W
1600 W 43rd St — 196 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Metered blocks10,216 tickets

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

4700 S Ashland Ave — 3,570 tickets, 10 min walk SW
4600 S Ashland Ave — 2,220 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1600 W 47th St — 1,178 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Other enforcement63 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1300 W 44th St — 63 tickets, 3 min walk NW

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 11, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.