Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 36
Parking at 4650 W Homer
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4600–4699 W Homer. Everything here is from City records — 19,360 parking tickets written across 99 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
3
1949 N Cicero Ave (4 min walk) · 4807 W Armitage Ave (4 min walk)
Streets to watch near 4650 W Homer
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 W Cortland St alone took 252 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning3,688 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4200 W Cortland St — 252 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 2000 N Laporte Ave — 239 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 4800 W Dickens Ave — 231 tickets, 7 min walk NW
Permit zones7,694 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2000 N Lamon Ave — 704 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 4800 W Wabansia Ave — 677 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 4800 W Cortland St — 452 tickets, 5 min walk W
City sticker checks73 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 1600 N Kenton — 73 tickets, 7 min walk S
Plate checks3,604 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4300 W Cortland St — 376 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 2000 N Kenneth Ave — 272 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 2000 N Kilbourn Ave — 270 tickets, 4 min walk NE
Posted restrictions1,593 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 4400 W Palmer St — 316 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 4400 W Dickens Ave — 283 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 2100 N Kostner Ave — 230 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Metered blocks2,476 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 4400 W Armitage Ave — 885 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 4800 W Armitage Avenue — 846 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 4300 W Armitage Ave — 745 tickets, 7 min walk E
Other enforcement49 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 4600 W North — 49 tickets, 9 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1949 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk W
- 4807 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk W
- 4754 W North Ave — red-light camera, 9 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 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.
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 36, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.