Parking at 4550 S Damen
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 S Damen. Everything here is from City records — 30,597 parking tickets written across 78 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 4550 S Damen
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 S Damen Ave alone took 559 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning8,030 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4700 S Damen Ave — 559 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 4800 S Wood St — 553 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4700 S Wolcott Ave — 550 tickets, 5 min walk SE
Permit zones2,991 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4400 S Honore St — 460 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 4700 S Seeley Ave — 457 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 4600 S Honore St — 340 tickets, 5 min walk E
Plate checks841 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4800 S Honore St — 389 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 4300 S Wolcott Ave — 263 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 1800 W 49th St — 98 tickets, 8 min walk SE
Posted restrictions3,667 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 4900 S Winchester Ave — 542 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 4900 S Wolcott Ave — 538 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 4900 S Honore St — 424 tickets, 10 min walk SE
Metered blocks14,157 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
- 1800 W 47th St — 2,135 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 1700 W 47th St — 1,720 tickets, 7 min walk SE
Other enforcement840 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 4800 S Damen Ave — 685 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 1900 W 46th St — 155 tickets, 2 min walk E
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.
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.