Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 37

Parking at 4550 W Division

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 W Division. Everything here is from City records — 12,227 parking tickets written across 78 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 37, section 12. 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 W Division

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 W Kamerling Ave alone took 302 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,996 tickets

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

4200 W Kamerling Ave — 302 tickets, 9 min walk NE
4300 W Crystal St — 227 tickets, 6 min walk E
1000 N Lamon Ave — 219 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Permit zones1,216 tickets

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

4300 W Kamerling Ave — 529 tickets, 7 min walk NE
4400 W Thomas St — 384 tickets, 4 min walk SE
1400 N Kildare Ave — 303 tickets, 10 min walk NE

Plate checks6,477 tickets

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

4200 W Potomac Ave — 327 tickets, 8 min walk E
4400 W Walton St — 303 tickets, 7 min walk SE
4200 W Crystal St — 293 tickets, 8 min walk E

Posted restrictions590 tickets

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

1200 N Keeler — 394 tickets, 10 min walk E
4300 W Division St — 138 tickets, 6 min walk E
4400 W Division — 58 tickets, 4 min walk E

Other enforcement755 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4200 W Division — 755 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 37, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.