Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 39

Parking at 4550 N Kostner Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 N Kostner Ave. Everything here is from City records — 15,408 parking tickets written across 126 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
4791 N Elston Ave (6 min walk) · 4440 W Lawrence Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue

Streets to watch near 4550 N Kostner Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4500 N Elston Ave alone took 627 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,497 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,148 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks6,422 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions434 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks3,317 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4791 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk N
  • 4440 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 cameras nearby.
  • 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 39, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.