Parking at 4550 S St Louis Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 S St Louis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,104 parking tickets written across 81 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 12, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 4550 S St Louis Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3100 W 46th St alone took 286 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 3100 W 46th St — 286 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 4500 S Spaulding Ave — 283 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 4400 S Spaulding Ave — 249 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 4400 S Sawyer Ave — 483 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 4500 S Troy St — 430 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 4300 S Sawyer Ave — 401 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 4600 S St Louis Ave — 339 tickets, 1 min walk S
- 4600 S Spaulding Ave — 305 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 3200 W 45th St — 273 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 4400 S Archer Ave — 409 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 3100 W 45th St — 308 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 4600 S Kedzie Ave — 152 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 4300 S Archer Ave — 1,247 tickets, 10 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4707 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
- 3152 W 47th St — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
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.
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 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.