Chicago parking by block · Brighton Park · Ward 14

Parking at 4850 S Whipple

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 S Whipple. Everything here is from City records — 15,144 parking tickets written across 78 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?

2948 W 47th St (4 min walk) · 4707 S Kedzie Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 14, section 6. 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 S Whipple

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 W 46th St alone took 331 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,690 tickets

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

2900 W 46th St — 331 tickets, 7 min walk NE
2800 W 46th St — 295 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3100 W 46th St — 286 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Permit zones6,029 tickets

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

4500 S Troy St — 430 tickets, 8 min walk N
4600 S Sacramento Ave — 428 tickets, 5 min walk N
4600 S Richmond St — 416 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Plate checks2,617 tickets

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

4500 S Francisco Ave — 379 tickets, 8 min walk NE
4600 S Spaulding Ave — 305 tickets, 8 min walk NW
4500 S California Ave — 249 tickets, 10 min walk NE

Posted restrictions2,761 tickets

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

5100 S Kedzie Ave — 513 tickets, 9 min walk SW
3000 W 46th St — 310 tickets, 6 min walk N
3100 W 45th St — 308 tickets, 9 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2948 W 47th St — speed camera, 4 min walk NE
4707 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk NW
3152 W 47th St — red-light camera, 5 min walk NW

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 14, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.