Parking at 4850 W Chicago Avenue
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 W Chicago Avenue. Everything here is from City records — 11,278 parking tickets written across 97 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 37, section 8. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 4850 W Chicago Avenue
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5000 W Thomas St alone took 229 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 5000 W Thomas St — 229 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 1000 N Lamon Ave — 219 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 1000 N Leclaire Ave — 211 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 1000 N Lavergne — 470 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 900 N Leclaire Ave — 294 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 4900 W Walton St — 267 tickets, 5 min walk NW
- 4800 W Cortez St — 285 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 500 N Leclaire — 247 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 4900 W Superior St — 229 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 4800 W Erie — 221 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 700 N Lamon Ave — 174 tickets, 2 min walk SW
- 4900 W Chicago — 51 tickets, 3 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4805 W Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk E
- 753 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk SE
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.
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 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.