Parking at 4550 W Gladys Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 W Gladys Ave. Everything here is from City records — 15,353 parking tickets written across 121 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 28, section 9. 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 Gladys Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 W Monroe St alone took 395 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 4800 W Monroe St — 395 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 4300 W Wilcox St — 393 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 4200 W Wilcox St — 384 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 4700 W Adams St — 296 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 4300 W Flournoy St — 250 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 4500 W Adams St — 248 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 4600 W Gladys — 67 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 4600 W Madison — 52 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 4800 W Adams — 617 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 4300 W Monroe — 481 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 4300 W Adams — 419 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 4200 W Madison — 325 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 514 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
- 4809 W Harrison St — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
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 28, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.