Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 36
Parking at 4550 W Grand
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 W Grand. Everything here is from City records — 17,621 parking tickets written across 86 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
4410 W Grand Ave (5 min walk) · 4413 W North Ave (6 min walk)
Streets to watch near 4550 W Grand
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 W Cortland St alone took 252 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,825 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4200 W Cortland St — 252 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 4300 W Le Moyne St — 174 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 2000 N Kilpatrick Ave — 173 tickets, 8 min walk N
Permit zones6,827 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4800 W Wabansia Ave — 677 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 1500 N Kildare Ave — 617 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4800 W Cortland St — 452 tickets, 7 min walk NW
City sticker checks147 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 4300 W Wabansia Ave — 74 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 1600 N Kenton — 73 tickets, 1 min walk SE
Plate checks4,276 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4300 W Cortland St — 376 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 1500 N Kolin Ave — 297 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 2000 N Kenneth Ave — 272 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Posted restrictions223 tickets
Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.
- 4700 W Wabansia — 223 tickets, 3 min walk W
Metered blocks4,062 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 4200 W North Ave — 1,903 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 4400 W Armitage Ave — 885 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 4300 W Armitage Ave — 745 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Other enforcement49 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 4600 W North — 49 tickets, 4 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4410 W Grand Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk SE
- 4413 W North Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
- 4754 W North Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
- 1591 N Kostner Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
- 4801 W North Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk SW
- 1949 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NW
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 6 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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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 36, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.