Chicago parking by block · Brighton Park · Ward 12

Parking at 4650 S Albany Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4600–4699 S Albany Ave. Everything here is from City records — 23,210 parking tickets written across 101 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1044
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
3
3152 W 47th St (2 min walk) · 4707 S Kedzie Ave (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 12, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jul
13
Mon
Jul
14
Tue
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 4650 S Albany Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 W 46th St alone took 331 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,461 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones9,395 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,799 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,982 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks2,445 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3152 W 47th St — red-light camera, 2 min walk SW
  • 4707 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk SW
  • 2948 W 47th St — speed camera, 3 min walk E

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1044 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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 12, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.