Parking at 4550 W 26th
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 W 26th. Everything here is from City records — 5,086 parking tickets written across 43 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 22, section 4. 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 W 26th
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4300 W 25th Pl alone took 252 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 4300 W 25th Pl — 252 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 2600 S Tripp Ave — 231 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 2600 S Kildare Ave — 217 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 4200 W 25th St — 178 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 4200 W 27th St — 113 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 2200 S Kenneth Ave — 92 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 2700 S Tripp Ave — 227 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 2700 S Kolin Ave — 167 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 4300 W 28th St — 161 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 2500 S Kildare Ave — 192 tickets, 8 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4401 W Ogden Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk NE
- 2374 S Kostner Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
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 22, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.