Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 39

Parking at 4550 W Montrose

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 W Montrose. Everything here is from City records — 9,822 parking tickets written across 106 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 29

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 39, section 2. 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 Montrose

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4500 N Elston Ave alone took 627 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,535 tickets

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

4500 N Elston Ave — 627 tickets, 9 min walk NE
4600 N Elston Ave — 429 tickets, 8 min walk NE
4200 N Keeler Ave — 200 tickets, 10 min walk E

Permit zones657 tickets

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

4400 N La Crosse Ave — 159 tickets, 8 min walk W
4800 W Pensacola Ave — 155 tickets, 8 min walk W
4300 N Kenneth Ave — 111 tickets, 2 min walk SE

City sticker checks106 tickets

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

4100 N Tripp Ave — 106 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Plate checks4,847 tickets

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

4400 N Keeler Ave — 587 tickets, 9 min walk E
4400 N Keokuk Ave — 490 tickets, 10 min walk E
4300 N Keeler Ave — 257 tickets, 9 min walk E

Posted restrictions677 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

4800 W Montrose Ave — 243 tickets, 7 min walk W
4300 W Leland Ave — 165 tickets, 10 min walk NE
4200 W Montrose Ave — 121 tickets, 8 min walk E

Metered blocks279 tickets

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

4700 N Elston Ave — 222 tickets, 10 min walk N
4600 W Wilson Ave — 57 tickets, 6 min walk NW

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 39, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.