Chicago parking by block · Uptown · Ward 47

Parking at 4750 N Ashland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4700–4799 N Ashland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 52,103 parking tickets written across 118 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1601 W Lawrence Ave (1 min walk) · 4716 N Ashland (1 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 5. 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 4750 N Ashland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 W Wilson Ave alone took 976 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,149 tickets

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

1300 W Wilson Ave — 976 tickets, 8 min walk SE
4400 N Ashland Ave — 797 tickets, 8 min walk S
4500 N Ashland Ave — 691 tickets, 6 min walk S

Permit zones11,727 tickets

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

1200 W Leland Ave — 1,331 tickets, 10 min walk E
4700 N Magnolia Ave — 1,141 tickets, 9 min walk E
4600 N Malden St — 932 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Plate checks3,065 tickets

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

1300 W Argyle St — 342 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1400 W Lawrence Ave — 334 tickets, 3 min walk E
1300 W Winnemac Ave — 267 tickets, 10 min walk NE

Posted restrictions2,241 tickets

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

4800 N Magnolia Ave — 863 tickets, 9 min walk E
1200 W Lawrence Ave — 527 tickets, 9 min walk E
1500 W Leland Ave — 284 tickets, 3 min walk SE

Metered blocks20,383 tickets

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

4800 N Clark St — 2,956 tickets, 3 min walk NE
5000 N Clark St — 2,655 tickets, 8 min walk N
1500 W Ainslie St — 1,981 tickets, 5 min walk N

Other enforcement2,500 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1300 W Lawrence Ave — 439 tickets, 6 min walk E
4400 N Ravenswood Ave — 412 tickets, 9 min walk SW
4600 N Ravenswood Ave — 412 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1601 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk NW
4716 N Ashland — speed camera, 1 min walk S
4804 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk N

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.

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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 47, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.