Parking at 4850 W 55th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 W 55th St. Everything here is from City records — 8,551 parking tickets written across 43 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
5207 S Cicero Ave (8 min walk) · 5356 S Archer Ave (8 min walk)
Streets to watch near 4850 W 55th St
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 5400 S Kilbourn Ave alone took 254 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Permit zones1,583 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 5400 S Kilbourn Ave — 254 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 5500 S Kolmar Ave — 232 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 5200 S Knox Ave — 183 tickets, 8 min walk NE
City sticker checks225 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 5100 S Knox Ave — 178 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 5000 W 52nd St — 47 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Plate checks1,364 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 5400 S Laramie Ave — 204 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 5600 S Kolmar Ave — 194 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 5200 S Kolmar Ave — 154 tickets, 10 min walk NE
Posted restrictions5,156 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 5700 S Cicero — 4,767 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 4500 W 55th St — 259 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 5400 S Archer Ave — 71 tickets, 8 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 5207 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
- 5356 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 8 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 2 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.