Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 45

Parking at 4850 W Byron St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 W Byron St. Everything here is from City records — 20,463 parking tickets written across 130 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?

Zone 48

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

4653 W Irving Park Rd (4 min walk) · 4650 W Irving Park Rd (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, section 2. 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 Byron St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 N Cicero Ave alone took 337 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,027 tickets

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

3500 N Cicero Ave — 337 tickets, 9 min walk S
3600 N Lamon Ave — 254 tickets, 7 min walk S
4700 W Waveland Ave — 229 tickets, 5 min walk S

Permit zones2,448 tickets

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

4800 W Dakin St — 507 tickets, 1 min walk N
4700 W Cornelia Ave — 353 tickets, 10 min walk S
3500 N Kilpatrick Ave — 268 tickets, 9 min walk SE

City sticker checks108 tickets

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

3900 N Laramie Ave — 58 tickets, 9 min walk W
3700 N Lavergne Ave — 50 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Plate checks4,106 tickets

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

4800 W Patterson Ave — 367 tickets, 6 min walk S
4700 W Patterson Ave — 286 tickets, 6 min walk S
3500 N Lavergne Ave — 277 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,837 tickets

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

4800 W Addison St — 431 tickets, 8 min walk S
3800 N Milwaukee — 401 tickets, 6 min walk E
3700 N Kenneth Ave — 212 tickets, 10 min walk E

Metered blocks7,345 tickets

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

4000 N Milwaukee Ave — 2,360 tickets, 5 min walk N
4800 W Irving Park Rd — 1,433 tickets, 3 min walk N
4000 N Laporte Ave — 1,360 tickets, 5 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4653 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 4 min walk NE
4650 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 5 min walk NE
3608 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
3541 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk S
5148 Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
5205 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk W

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 48 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 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 45, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.