Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 47

Parking at 4850 N Western Avenue

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 N Western Avenue. Everything here is from City records — 43,046 parking tickets written across 141 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4804 N Western Ave (2 min walk) · 2409 W Lawrence Ave (2 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 20. 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 4850 N Western Avenue

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2500 W Argyle St alone took 301 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,185 tickets

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

2500 W Argyle St — 301 tickets, 4 min walk NW
2000 W Argyle St — 249 tickets, 9 min walk E
4800 N Washtenaw Ave — 246 tickets, 8 min walk W

Permit zones3,131 tickets

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

2400 W Eastwood Ave — 399 tickets, 6 min walk S
4800 N Bell Ave — 344 tickets, 4 min walk E
4700 N Campbell Ave — 278 tickets, 4 min walk SW

City sticker checks102 tickets

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

2600 W Eastwood Ave — 102 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Plate checks4,488 tickets

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

2300 W Sunnyside Ave — 277 tickets, 10 min walk S
2400 W Wilson Ave — 232 tickets, 7 min walk S
2100 W Giddings St — 229 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Posted restrictions834 tickets

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

4500 N Maplewood Ave — 206 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2400 W Foster Ave — 190 tickets, 8 min walk N
4500 N Campbell Ave — 181 tickets, 9 min walk S

Metered blocks27,188 tickets

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

4700 N Lincoln Ave — 5,488 tickets, 5 min walk S
4500 N Lincoln Ave — 4,454 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2300 W Lawrence Ave — 2,796 tickets, 2 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4804 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk S
2409 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk S
2350 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
5206 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 9 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 4 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 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.