Chicago parking by block · Hermosa · Ward 26

Parking at 4450 W Palmer St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4400–4499 W Palmer St. Everything here is from City records — 37,936 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 6

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 26, section 2. 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 W Palmer St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4400 W Fullerton Ave alone took 413 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,751 tickets

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

4400 W Fullerton Ave — 413 tickets, 5 min walk N
2400 N Kilbourn Ave — 353 tickets, 6 min walk N
4500 W Fullerton Ave — 290 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Permit zones15,661 tickets

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

2100 N Kildare Ave — 609 tickets, 3 min walk E
2000 N Karlov Ave — 583 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2300 N Kenneth Ave — 554 tickets, 4 min walk N

Plate checks4,163 tickets

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

4300 W Cortland St — 376 tickets, 8 min walk S
4300 W Belden Ave — 310 tickets, 3 min walk NE
4100 W Belden Ave — 304 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Posted restrictions2,964 tickets

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

4100 W Cortland St — 365 tickets, 10 min walk SE
4400 W Palmer St — 316 tickets, 1 min walk N
4400 W Dickens Ave — 283 tickets, 3 min walk SW

Metered blocks9,297 tickets

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

4300 W Fullerton Ave — 2,159 tickets, 5 min walk N
4200 W Armitage Ave — 1,446 tickets, 7 min walk SE
4100 W Armitage Ave — 1,360 tickets, 8 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 26, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.