Chicago parking by block · Brighton Park · Ward 12

Parking at 4550 S Kedzie Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 S Kedzie Ave. Everything here is from City records — 23,093 parking tickets written across 105 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?
3
3152 W 47th St (4 min walk) · 4707 S Kedzie Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

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

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
Jun
5
Fri
Jun
8
Mon
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed
Nov
13
Fri
Nov
16
Mon

Streets to watch near 4550 S Kedzie Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 W 46th St alone took 331 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,826 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones9,508 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,401 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,291 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks2,881 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3152 W 47th St — red-light camera, 4 min walk S
  • 4707 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk S
  • 2948 W 47th St — speed camera, 7 min walk SE

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 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 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.