Chicago parking by block · Hermosa · Ward 26

Parking at 4550 W Homer

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 W Homer. Everything here is from City records — 25,260 parking tickets written across 103 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1949 N Cicero Ave (6 min walk) · 4807 W Armitage Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 3. 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 Homer

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 W Cortland St alone took 252 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,860 tickets

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

4200 W Cortland St — 252 tickets, 7 min walk E
4800 W Dickens Ave — 231 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4400 W Belden Ave — 212 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones10,738 tickets

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

2000 N Lamon Ave — 704 tickets, 10 min walk W
2100 N Kildare Ave — 609 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1700 N Keeler Ave — 497 tickets, 10 min walk SE

City sticker checks147 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

4300 W Wabansia Ave — 74 tickets, 8 min walk SE
1600 N Kenton — 73 tickets, 7 min walk S

Plate checks3,698 tickets

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

4300 W Cortland St — 376 tickets, 6 min walk E
4300 W Belden Ave — 310 tickets, 10 min walk NE
2000 N Kenneth Ave — 272 tickets, 3 min walk NE

Posted restrictions2,203 tickets

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

1800 N Keeler Ave — 446 tickets, 9 min walk E
4100 W Cortland St — 365 tickets, 9 min walk E
4400 W Palmer St — 316 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Metered blocks5,394 tickets

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

4200 W Armitage Ave — 1,446 tickets, 8 min walk E
4100 W Armitage Ave — 1,360 tickets, 9 min walk E
4400 W Armitage Ave — 885 tickets, 2 min walk NE

Other enforcement49 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4600 W North — 49 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1949 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk W
4807 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
4410 W Grand Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
4413 W North Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk S
1591 N Kostner Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk S

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 5 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.

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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 26, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.