Chicago parking by block · Grand Boulevard · Ward 3

Parking at 4550 S State St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 S State St. Everything here is from City records — 16,102 parking tickets written across 103 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 16

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 4550 S State St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 S Michigan Ave alone took 819 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,814 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

4200 S Michigan Ave — 819 tickets, 8 min walk NE
4300 S Michigan Ave — 445 tickets, 6 min walk NE
4600 S Wabash Ave — 344 tickets, 4 min walk SE

Permit zones2,270 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

4300 S Prairie Ave — 1,124 tickets, 8 min walk NE
4300 S Calumet Ave — 547 tickets, 9 min walk NE
4200 S Prairie Ave — 455 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks4,743 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

4700 S Michigan Ave — 318 tickets, 6 min walk SE
4400 S Calumet Ave — 292 tickets, 8 min walk E
4700 S Calumet Ave — 286 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Posted restrictions479 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

4200 S State St — 211 tickets, 7 min walk N
4600 S Federal — 112 tickets, 3 min walk SW
4700 S Federal — 91 tickets, 7 min walk S

Metered blocks1,243 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

200 E 47th St — 655 tickets, 7 min walk SE
100 E 47th St — 588 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Other enforcement128 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

0 W 47th St — 76 tickets, 4 min walk S
4800 S State St — 52 tickets, 8 min walk S

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.

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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 3, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.