Chicago parking by block · Brighton Park · Ward 12

Parking at 4550 S Fairfield Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 S Fairfield Ave. Everything here is from City records — 28,009 parking tickets written across 114 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1960
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
3
2948 W 47th St (7 min walk) · 4656 S Western Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 12, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Aug
18
Tue
Aug
19
Wed
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu

Streets to watch near 4550 S Fairfield Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2500 W 45th St alone took 498 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,336 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones12,905 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,067 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,984 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks673 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2948 W 47th St — speed camera, 7 min walk SW
  • 4656 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
  • 4701 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1960 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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 12, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.