Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 37

Parking at 4850 W Bloomingdale Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 W Bloomingdale Ave. Everything here is from City records — 14,372 parking tickets written across 97 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1949 N Cicero Ave (5 min walk) · 4807 W Armitage Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 37, section 11. 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 W Bloomingdale Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5100 W North Ave alone took 261 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,106 tickets

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

5100 W North Ave — 261 tickets, 8 min walk SW
2000 N Laporte Ave — 239 tickets, 7 min walk NW
4800 W Dickens Ave — 231 tickets, 8 min walk N

Permit zones5,244 tickets

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

2000 N Lamon Ave — 704 tickets, 7 min walk N
4800 W Wabansia Ave — 677 tickets, 3 min walk S
4800 W Cortland St — 452 tickets, 3 min walk N

City sticker checks73 tickets

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

1600 N Kenton — 73 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Plate checks4,021 tickets

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

2000 N Lavergne Ave — 216 tickets, 8 min walk NW
5100 W Wabansia Ave — 215 tickets, 8 min walk W
1500 N Lavergne — 205 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Posted restrictions764 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

4700 W Wabansia — 223 tickets, 4 min walk SE
4900 W Dickens Ave — 199 tickets, 8 min walk N
2100 N Laporte Ave — 166 tickets, 9 min walk N

Metered blocks846 tickets

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

4800 W Armitage Avenue — 846 tickets, 5 min walk N

Other enforcement49 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4600 W North — 49 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1949 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk N
4807 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk N
4754 W North Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
4801 W North Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S

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 37, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.