Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 30

Parking at 4550 W Larchmont

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 W Larchmont. Everything here is from City records — 16,473 parking tickets written across 104 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 6

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4650 W Irving Park Rd (3 min walk) · 4653 W Irving Park Rd (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 6. 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 Larchmont

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3900 N Kostner Ave alone took 243 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,397 tickets

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

3900 N Kostner Ave — 243 tickets, 4 min walk E
4700 W Waveland Ave — 229 tickets, 9 min walk SW
3900 N Lowell Ave — 224 tickets, 5 min walk E

Permit zones1,206 tickets

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

4800 W Dakin St — 507 tickets, 7 min walk W
4800 W Warner Ave — 149 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4700 W Berenice Ave — 127 tickets, 5 min walk SW

City sticker checks106 tickets

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

4100 N Tripp Ave — 106 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks2,096 tickets

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

4700 W Patterson Ave — 286 tickets, 10 min walk SW
4700 W Byron St — 212 tickets, 5 min walk SW
4900 W Dakin St — 191 tickets, 10 min walk W

Posted restrictions933 tickets

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

3800 N Milwaukee — 401 tickets, 4 min walk S
3700 N Kenneth Ave — 212 tickets, 6 min walk SE
3700 N Kilbourn Ave — 155 tickets, 5 min walk S

Metered blocks8,076 tickets

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

4000 N Milwaukee Ave — 2,360 tickets, 8 min walk W
4800 W Irving Park Rd — 1,433 tickets, 7 min walk W
4000 N Laporte Ave — 1,360 tickets, 10 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4650 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 3 min walk W
4653 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 3 min walk W

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.

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 30, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.