Parking at 4450 S Wolcott Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4400–4499 S Wolcott Ave. Everything here is from City records — 32,744 parking tickets written across 76 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1994
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 4450 S Wolcott Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 S Damen Ave alone took 559 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning7,347 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4700 S Damen Ave — 559 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 4700 S Wolcott Ave — 550 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 4400 S Wood St — 463 tickets, 3 min walk E
Permit zones2,684 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4400 S Honore St — 460 tickets, 1 min walk E
- 4700 S Seeley Ave — 457 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 4600 S Honore St — 340 tickets, 5 min walk S
Plate checks813 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4800 S Honore St — 389 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 4300 S Wolcott Ave — 263 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 1800 W 43rd St — 91 tickets, 5 min walk NE
Posted restrictions2,259 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 1700 W 48th St — 344 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 1700 W 44th St — 343 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 1800 W 48th St — 329 tickets, 9 min walk S
Metered blocks18,728 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 4700 S Paulina St — 2,412 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4600 S Ashland Ave — 2,220 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 1800 W 47th St — 2,135 tickets, 6 min walk S
Other enforcement840 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 4800 S Damen Ave — 685 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 1900 W 46th St — 155 tickets, 3 min walk S
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 1994 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.