Chicago parking by block · New City · Ward 15

Parking at 4850 S Winchester Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 S Winchester Ave. Everything here is from City records — 40,935 parking tickets written across 108 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

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 15, section 3. 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 Winchester Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 S Damen Ave alone took 559 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,546 tickets

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

4700 S Damen Ave — 559 tickets, 3 min walk NW
4800 S Wood St — 553 tickets, 4 min walk E
4700 S Wolcott Ave — 550 tickets, 3 min walk NE

Permit zones2,827 tickets

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

4700 S Seeley Ave — 457 tickets, 4 min walk NW
2200 W 50th Pl — 386 tickets, 10 min walk SW
4600 S Honore St — 340 tickets, 5 min walk NE

Plate checks2,875 tickets

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

4800 S Honore St — 389 tickets, 3 min walk E
4800 S Paulina St — 293 tickets, 6 min walk E
1800 W 50th St — 221 tickets, 4 min walk SE

Posted restrictions4,277 tickets

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

4900 S Wood St — 557 tickets, 5 min walk SE
4900 S Winchester Ave — 542 tickets, 3 min walk S
4900 S Wolcott Ave — 538 tickets, 3 min walk SE

Metered blocks21,443 tickets

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

4700 S Ashland Ave — 3,570 tickets, 9 min walk E
4800 S Ashland Ave — 2,523 tickets, 9 min walk E
4700 S Paulina St — 2,412 tickets, 7 min walk E

Other enforcement840 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4800 S Damen Ave — 685 tickets, 1 min walk W
1900 W 46th St — 155 tickets, 6 min walk N

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