Chicago parking by block · Grand Boulevard · Ward 3

Parking at 4550 S Vincennes Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 S Vincennes Ave. Everything here is from City records — 25,634 parking tickets written across 123 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?

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 9. 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 Vincennes Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 400 E 48th St alone took 574 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,075 tickets

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

400 E 48th St — 574 tickets, 8 min walk S
4700 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 461 tickets, 6 min walk SW
4600 S Evans Ave — 416 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Permit zones2,450 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 NW
4300 S Calumet Ave — 547 tickets, 6 min walk NW
4200 S Prairie Ave — 455 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Plate checks9,041 tickets

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

4500 S Drexel Blvd — 1,050 tickets, 10 min walk E
800 E 46th St — 607 tickets, 9 min walk E
4700 S Evans Ave — 395 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Posted restrictions92 tickets

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

600 E 47th St — 92 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Metered blocks3,396 tickets

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

700 E 47th St — 1,289 tickets, 8 min walk SE
200 E 47th St — 655 tickets, 8 min walk SW
100 E 47th St — 588 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Other enforcement420 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4500 S Cottage Grove — 420 tickets, 8 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.

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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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.