Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 40

Parking at 4750 N N Branch Chicago River

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4700–4799 N N Branch Chicago River. Everything here is from City records — 33,422 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, October 19

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 40, section 19. 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 N Branch Chicago River

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 N Kedzie Ave alone took 468 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,878 tickets

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

4900 N Kedzie Ave — 468 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4700 N Whipple St — 445 tickets, 4 min walk W
4700 N Albany Ave — 311 tickets, 6 min walk W

Permit zones2,637 tickets

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

3100 W Eastwood Ave — 478 tickets, 8 min walk SW
3000 W Gunnison St — 436 tickets, 5 min walk W
4500 N Troy St — 404 tickets, 9 min walk SW

City sticker checks102 tickets

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

2600 W Eastwood Ave — 102 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Plate checks2,526 tickets

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

5000 N Albany Ave — 372 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4900 N Whipple St — 237 tickets, 6 min walk NW
2600 W Gunnison St — 185 tickets, 7 min walk E

Posted restrictions3,429 tickets

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

3100 W Wilson Ave — 620 tickets, 8 min walk SW
3100 W Sunnyside Ave — 498 tickets, 9 min walk SW
3000 W Wilson Ave — 472 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Metered blocks15,602 tickets

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

3200 W Lawrence Ave — 2,594 tickets, 10 min walk W
3100 W Lawrence Ave — 2,250 tickets, 6 min walk W
4700 N Kedzie Ave — 1,856 tickets, 8 min walk W

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 40, section 19. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.