Chicago parking by block · Albany Park · Ward 33

Parking at 4850 N Kimball Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 N Kimball Ave. Everything here is from City records — 70,059 parking tickets written across 136 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 13
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 33, 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
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 4850 N Kimball Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 N Kedzie Ave alone took 468 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,784 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones9,033 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,627 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions13,002 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks34,383 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement217 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

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 33, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.