Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 30

Parking at 4550 W Patterson

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 W Patterson. Everything here is from City records — 15,920 parking tickets written across 120 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?

3601 N Milwaukee Ave (5 min walk) · 3541 N Cicero Ave (7 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 Patterson

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 N Cicero Ave alone took 337 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,583 tickets

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

3500 N Cicero Ave — 337 tickets, 7 min walk W
3600 N Lamon Ave — 254 tickets, 10 min walk W
3900 N Kostner Ave — 243 tickets, 8 min walk N

Permit zones4,291 tickets

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

4800 W Roscoe St — 437 tickets, 10 min walk SW
4700 W Cornelia Ave — 353 tickets, 7 min walk SW
4800 W Newport Ave — 320 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Plate checks4,103 tickets

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

4800 W Patterson Ave — 367 tickets, 8 min walk W
3400 N Keating Ave — 356 tickets, 7 min walk SW
3400 N Lowell Ave — 327 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Posted restrictions1,976 tickets

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

4800 W Addison St — 431 tickets, 8 min walk W
3800 N Milwaukee — 401 tickets, 5 min walk NW
4200 W Addison St — 296 tickets, 6 min walk E

Metered blocks51 tickets

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

3800 N Cicero Ave — 51 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Other enforcement331 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 N Cicero — 331 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3601 N Milwaukee Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk E
3541 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
3608 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
4650 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk NW
4653 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 10 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 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 30, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.